Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being blessed; happiness; felicity; heavenly joys; the favor of God.
- noun Synonyms Felicity, Bliss, etc. (see
happiness ), joy, beatitude.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state of being blessed; happiness; felicity; bliss; heavenly joys; the favor of God.
- noun the unmarried state.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The state or condition of being
blessed ,holy .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a state of supreme happiness
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Examples
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And, moreover, as our best doings are only very pitiful shortcomings, worth little or nothing, it is just as good for us that the consciousness of our unprofitableness should be kept constantly before us, instead of the serene self-complacency of doing wonders, over which we should fall asleep, certainly neither in blessedness nor the odour of sanctity!
Selections from the Letters of Geraldine Endsor Jewsbury to Jane Welsh Carlyle 1892
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Their full blessedness is now "from henceforth," that is,
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Still, the fathers were in blessedness by faith in the Saviour to come, at death (Heb 6: 15; Lu 16: 22).
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As the foundation of our blessedness is laid in God's choosing us, so the first step towards it is God's making himself known to us.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721
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His blessedness is here illustrated by a similitude (v. 3): He shall be like a tree, fruitful and flourishing.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon) 1721
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True blessedness is entailed upon the right understanding and due improvement of the mysteries of the kingdom of God.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John) 1721
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What the great gospel blessedness is which we are to hope for -- That believing we shall have life through his name.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John) 1721
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But observe, The righteous are called the blessed of my Father; for their blessedness is owing purely to the grace of God and his blessing, but the wicked are called only ye cursed, for their damnation is of themselves.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John) 1721
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A man can therefore merit blessedness, which is eternal life, by his own natural powers and without grace.
Nature and Grace: Selections from the Summa Theologica of Thomas Aquinas 1954
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This feeling is our superessential blessedness, which is a fruition of God and all His beloved: and this blessedness is that Dark Quiet which ever abides in idleness.
The Adornment of the Spritual Marriage 1293-1381 1916
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