Be-ăt'i-tūde, n.

(53), n. [Fr. béatitude, Lat. beatitudo. See BEATIFY.] 1. Felicity of the highest kind; consummate bliss. 2. The declaration of blessedness made by our Savior to particular virtues. Udal. 3. (Rom. Cath. Church.) Beatification. Milman. Syn.— Blessedness; felicity; happiness.