beatitude

noun

bē-ˈa-tə-ˌtüd How to pronounce beatitude (audio)
Definition of beatitudenext
as in joy
a feeling or state of well-being and contentment not from earthly riches but from the milk of human kindness comes true beatitude

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Recent Examples of beatitude This is a book in which many of the characters are seeking something like God, a kind of existential beatitude. — Rosa Lyster, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025 Beatrice was the love that fuelled his poems, which only became more spiritual after her death, when her very name—which suggests beatitude—becomes for him a form of prayer. — Claudia Roth Pierpont, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025 Ruth knew the community said the same thing—anyone reading the New Testament out loud said the same thing—and were dutiful in concern for all those implicated in both beatitudes and the Civil Rights Act. — Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2025 The Gospel's beatitudes—blessed are the meek, the merciful, and the peacemakers—stand in stark opposition to the movement's rhetoric of anger and grievance. — Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025 God must possess perfect beatitude, perfect happiness and perfect well-being. — Helen De Cruz, The Conversation, 20 Aug. 2020
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  1. joy
  2. happiness
  3. bliss
Noun
  • Zest has also been referred to as vitality, exuberance, and joie de vivre, the French phrase for the joy of living.
    — Joan M. Cook, Time, 17 Oct. 2026
  • The resulting meatballs were moist, herby, spiced, seasoned, spicy and just a joy to eat.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of joy
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  • And listening to every chat were two experts in the science of happiness.
    — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Most of the new songs wrestle with how to seek pleasure while remaining hyperaware of the devastations of the world, and how that tension can make happiness itself feel like a vice.
    — Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of happiness
Noun
  • Her recent relapse, despite the secrecies and shame, was also a time of bliss.
    — James Wood, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
  • In the song, Swift apologizes to an ex for neglecting his feelings, comparing the bliss of a rebound relationship to the excitement of drug users post-withdrawal in recovery, where the term in the title originates.
    — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of bliss

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