Dictionary
be•at•i•tude
Pronunciation: (bē-at'i-tOOd", -tyOOd"), [key]—
n.
1. supreme blessedness; exalted happiness.
2. (often cap.) any of the declarations of blessedness pronounced by Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount.
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