Beatitude
Beatitude ({not transcribed}) , noun
[Latin beatitudo: compare French béatitude. See Beatify.]
1.
Felicity of the highest kind; consummate bliss.
2.
Any one of the nine declarations (called the Beatitudes), made in the Sermon on the Mount (Matt. v. 3-12), with regard to the blessedness of those who are distinguished by certain specified virtues.
3.
(Roman Catholic Church) Beatification. — Milman