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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BLESSEDNESS

n.Happiness; felicity; heavenly joys; the favor of God. 1. Sanctity.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BLESSEDNESS

BLESSEDNESS Bless "ed *ness, n.

Defn: The state of being blessed; happiness; felicity; bliss; heavenly joys; the favor of God. The assurance of a future blessedness. Tillotson. Single blessedness, the unmarried state. "Grows, lives, and dies in single blessedness. " Shak.

Syn. -- Delight; beatitude; ecstasy. See Happiness.

New American Oxford Dictionary

blessedness

bless ed ness |ˈblesidnis ˈblɛsədnəs | ▶noun the state of being blessed with divine favor.

Oxford Dictionary

blessedness

blessedness |ˈblɛsɪdnɪs | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the state of being blessed with divine favour. PHRASES single blessedness humorous the state of being unmarried. [from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream i. i. 78. ]