Blessedness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Blessedness \Bless"ed*ness\, n.
     The state of being blessed; happiness; felicity; bliss;
     heavenly joys; the favor of God.
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           The assurance of a future blessedness.   --Tillotson.


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     {Single blessedness}, the unmarried state. "Grows, lives, and
        dies in single blessedness." --Shak.
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     Syn: Delight; beatitude; ecstasy. See {Happiness}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  blessedness
       n : a state of supreme happiness [syn: {beatitude}, {beatification}]