Beatitude
n.calm, joyfulliterary
What it means
A state of profound spiritual happiness and peace.
Reach for it when describing elevated, contemplative bliss rather than ordinary pleasure
The final chant left the room in a shared moment of beatitude.
Choose between these
6- warm
complete happiness is the central experience
not when Bliss also covers sensory pleasure and need not be spiritual.
- warm
spiritual peace
clear modern language is preferable to a rare noun
not when The phrase leaves out beatitude's sense of highest happiness.
- professional
deep calm matters more than joy
not when Serenity can be emotionally neutral rather than supremely happy.
- formal
blessedness
spiritual favor and happiness are both explicit
not when Blessedness can sound doctrinal where the mood is simply contemplative.
- literary
elevated language for happiness suits the passage
not when Felicity can also mean apt expression and may distract readers.
- literary
spiritual joy feels intense and transporting
not when Rapture is more ecstatic and less tranquil than beatitude.
Said against
3- misery
- anguish
- despair
It naturally appears in
3- state of beatitude
The pilgrims described a state of beatitude after the long vigil.
- quiet beatitude
Quiet beatitude filled the chapel at sunrise.
- spiritual beatitude
The poem contrasts material success with spiritual beatitude.
Where this comes from
- Wiktionary, English noun sense: supreme blessedness opens in a new tab · retrieved 2026-07-26
The definition and the example on this page are written here. The dictionaries above ground which meaning is being described, not the wording.