In Latin and ecclesiastical use, a blessed person or the state of being blessed; used in Church titles and beatific contexts.
Direct from Latin 'beatus' (blessed, happy), from past participle of 'beare' (to make happy). Used unchanged in Church Latin and religious scholarship.
In medieval manuscripts and Church documents, you'll see 'Beatus' used as a title—'Beatus of Liébana' was a 8th-century Spanish monk whose illustrated Bible commentaries are still studied, showing how this Latin word became a formal honorific.
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