English-Thai Dictionary

beatitude

N ความสุข อย่างยิ่ง  ความปิติ อย่างยิ่ง  blessedness happiness khwam-suk-yang-ying

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BEATITUDE

n.[L. beatitudo, from beatus, beo. See Beatify. ] 1. Blessedness; felicity of the highest kind; consummate bliss; used of the joys of heaven.
2. The declaration of blessedness made by our Savior to particular virtues.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BEATITUDE

Be *at "i *tude, n. Etym: [L. beatitudo: cf. F. béatitude. See Beatify. ]

 

1. Felicity of the highest kind; consummate bliss.

 

2. Any one of the nine declarations (called the Beatitudes ), made in the Sermon on the Mount (Matt. v. 3-12 ), with regard to the blessedness of those who are distinguished by certain specified virtues.

 

3. (R. C. Ch. )

 

Defn: Beatification. Milman.

 

Syn. -- Blessedness; felicity; happiness.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

beatitude

be at i tude |bēˈatiˌt (y )o͞od biˈædəˌt (j )ud | ▶noun supreme blessedness. • ( the Beatitudes ) the blessings listed by Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount (Matt. 5:3 –11 ). • (his /your Beatitude ) a title given to patriarchs in the Orthodox Church. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French beatitude or Latin beatitudo, from beatus ‘blessed. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

beatitude

beatitude |bɪˈatɪtjuːd | ▶noun [ mass noun ] supreme blessedness. • ( the Beatitudes ) the blessings listed by Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount (Matt. 5:3 –11 ). • (His /Your Beatitude ) a title given to patriarchs in the Orthodox Church. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French beatitude or Latin beatitudo, from beatus ‘blessed ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

beatitude

beatitude noun the everlasting beatitude: blessedness, benediction, grace; bliss, ecstasy, exaltation, supreme happiness, divine joy, divine rapture; saintliness, sainthood.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

beatitude

beatitude noun the everlasting beatitude that follows the second coming: blessedness, benediction, grace; bliss, ecstasy, exaltation, supreme happiness, heavenly joy, divine rapture, saintliness, sainthood.

 

French Dictionary

béatitude

béatitude n. f. nom féminin Bonheur parfait. SYNONYME félicité .