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
This is a book in which many of the characters are seeking something like God, a kind of existential beatitude.
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Rosa Lyster, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
Beatrice was the love that fuelled his poems, which only became more spiritual after her death, when her very name—which suggests beatitude—becomes for him a form of prayer.
—Claudia Roth Pierpont, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
Ruth knew the community said the same thing—anyone reading the New Testament out loud said the same thing—and were dutiful in concern for all those implicated in both beatitudes and the Civil Rights Act.
—Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 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
Rosa Lyster, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
Beatrice was the love that fuelled his poems, which only became more spiritual after her death, when her very name—which suggests beatitude—becomes for him a form of prayer.
—Claudia Roth Pierpont, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
Ruth knew the community said the same thing—anyone reading the New Testament out loud said the same thing—and were dutiful in concern for all those implicated in both beatitudes and the Civil Rights Act.
—Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for beatitude
Noun
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Oscar Grabbing his third trophy of the night, Paul Thomas Anderson joined his jubilant cast (including Teyana Taylor, literally jumping for joy) onstage and got the last words of the night.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
16 Mar. 2026
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The sound of her paws on the floor, the weight of her on your lap, the pure joy of her silly expressions, the sound of her bark when the mailman breaches the front porch, the softness of her wooly head, and yes, even the ever-present doggy breath.—
Inga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Instead of desultoriness—a common atmosphere in these sorts of stories—the prevailing mood is one of qualified happiness.—
Deborah Treisman,
New Yorker,
15 Mar. 2026
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Talk about them finding their way back to each other to get five minutes of happiness before it was all blown up by this accident.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
12 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Juvenile bliss had long contoured this abrasive band, whose songs rattled like playgrounds, and whose shouts rang like the peals of petulant children.—
Samuel Hyland,
Pitchfork,
17 Mar. 2026
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Omaha, Nebraska — Surrounded by friends and family at his birthday party this week, 10-year-old True Beethe of Omaha, Nebraska, was on cloud nine, but his bliss had not come easy.—
Steve Hartman,
CBS News,
7 Mar. 2026
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“Beatitude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beatitude. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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