ETYM Latin beatitudo: cf. French béatitude. Related to 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 (Bible), with regard to the blessedness of those who are distinguished by certain specified virtues.
3. Beatification.
Blessedness; bliss; pl. blessings in Matt. v.

One of the eight sayings of Jesus at the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount; in Latin each saying begins with 'beatus' (blessed).