A state of supreme happiness and blessedness; or one of eight blessings Jesus taught about in the Sermon on the Mount.
From Latin 'beatitūdo' (happiness, blessedness), derived from 'beatus' (blessed, happy). Entered English via Church Latin in the 13th century.
The Beatitudes are literally the opening of Jesus's Sermon on the Mount, each starting with 'Blessed are...'—they're considered the ethical foundation of Christianity, and the word itself means happiness through moral virtue.
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