as in joy
a feeling or state of well-being and contentment
not from earthly riches but from the milk of human kindness comes true beatitude
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Recent Examples of beatitude
The Gospel's beatitudes—blessed are the meek, the merciful, and the peacemakers—stand in stark opposition to the movement's rhetoric of anger and grievance.
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Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
The Gospel's beatitudes—blessed are the meek, the merciful, and the peacemakers—stand in stark opposition to the movement's rhetoric of anger and grievance.
—Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
God must possess perfect beatitude, perfect happiness and perfect well-being.
—Helen De Cruz, The Conversation, 20 Aug. 2020
Some conservative Catholics on social media responded with ridicule to headlines saying that Francis had proposed six new Beatitudes.
—Laurie Goodstein, New York Times, 1 Nov. 2016
Hearing Jesus deliver the beatitudes, Judas mutters disbelieving asides.
—Anthony Tommasini, New York Times, 14 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for beatitude
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One unexpected joy of League Pass life is the arena feed, which shows us what’s on the jumbotron during timeouts (mascot skits, archival content, dance promotions and many other frivolities).—
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So think about joy as the experience and happiness as the idea.—
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The perfect smile can be the key to self-esteem, to happiness, to personal connection.—
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In the third installment of the Skyland series, the best-selling author writes a love story of female friendship, sacrifice, and finding true happiness.—
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Outside of Madison Square Garden was chaotic bliss.—
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But the bliss ended mere minutes later when, in a shocking moment of irony (reminiscent to when Serena became a handmaid herself in season five), a handmaid was waiting for the Whartons in their parlor.—
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“Beatitude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beatitude. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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