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Definition
a state of supreme happiness
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one of the nine sayings of Jesus at the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount — each of which begin with the word "blessed" ("beatus" in Latin)
or:
one of the nine sayings of Jesus at the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount — each of which begin with the word "blessed" ("beatus" in Latin)
- For the Fourth Sunday After Epiphany, Canon Mackie chose Matthew—those troublesome Beatitudes; at least, they always troubled Owen and me.p. 147.8
- And then—after the Beatitudes, and the sermon by the stranger— the Nicene Creed felt forced to me.p. 148.4
There are no more uses of "beatitude" in A Prayer for Owen Meany.
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