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beatitude

noun

/biˈætɪtjuːd/

Meaning

supreme blessedness or happiness, often used in reference to the sayings of Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount

She felt a state of beatitude after receiving the good news.

The Beatitudes

blessedness, bliss, joy, felicity, holiness

misery, suffering, despair

state of beatitude, spiritual beatitude, heavenly beatitude

A covering for the face to protect, disguise, or entertain.

The state of being someone's father.

A six-sided polygon.

a long thin creature with many legs that lives in dark places

An oral examination, typically for an academic qualification.

A general direction in which something is developing or changing; a pattern or tendency.