beatitude
State of perfect joy
Beatitude is a state of supreme blessedness or happiness.
The word appears most often in religious contexts, particularly in reference to the Beatitudes—the declarations of blessing that begin Jesus's Sermon on the Mount: Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.
Outside scripture, beatitude describes profound spiritual joy or contentment: a look of beatitude on her face.
Perfect, serene felicity
- euphoriaIntense emotional high
- raptureOverwhelming ecstatic feeling
- ecstasyOverwhelming intense delight
- elationIntense triumphant joy
felicity · serenity · contentment · transcendence · sublime · exaltation · nirvana · heavenly
State of spiritual grace
- saintlinessState of spiritual perfection
- holinessSacred spiritual purity
- righteousnessMoral correctness or virtue
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
salvation · sanctity · piety · humility · meekness · purity · devotion · sanctification
Ability to see
- epiphanySudden profound insight
- transcendenceSurpassing usual limits
- unityWholeness through cohesion
- divine presenceFelt nearness of deity
illumination · contemplation · wonder · awe · glory · ethereal · splendor · cosmic
bliss
Perfect, serene felicity
- euphoriaIntense emotional high
- raptureOverwhelming ecstatic feeling
- ecstasyOverwhelming intense delight
elation · felicity · serenity · contentment · transcendence · sublime · exaltation · nirvana · heavenly · paradise
blessedness
State of spiritual grace
- saintlinessState of spiritual perfection
- holinessSacred spiritual purity
- righteousnessMoral correctness or virtue
grace · salvation · sanctity · piety · humility · meekness · purity · devotion · sanctification · redemption
vision
Ability to see
- epiphanySudden profound insight
- transcendenceSurpassing usual limits
- unityWholeness through cohesion
divine presence · illumination · contemplation · wonder · awe · glory · ethereal · splendor · cosmic · elevated
theology
Study of the divine
- doctrineEstablished body of teachings
- scriptureSacred religious writings
- exegesisCritical textual interpretation
hermeneutics · gospel · testament · apostolic · pastoral · dogma · canon · catechism · sacrament · liturgy
- pleasurepleasure, enjoyment, delight, gratification, contentment
- religionChristianity, Islam, beliefs, Judaism, Hinduism
- sacredholy, sacred, sanctity, sacredness, holiness
- afterlifeheaven, hell, paradise, purgatory, limbo
- joyhappiness, gladness, joyfulness, elation, delight
- well-beingwell-being, happiness, wellbeing, wellness, contentment
beatitudemisery
Intense prolonged distress
wretchedness · anguish · agony · despair · torment
beatitudedamnation
Eternal punishment decree
hell · perdition · purgatory · malediction · accursedness