BEAT'ITUDE, noun [Latin 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.
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