Beatific vs Beatitude - What's the difference?
beatific | beatitude |
(uncountable) Supreme, utmost bliss and happiness.
* 1887 , Arthur Conan Doyle, , part 1, chapter 6
Any one of the Biblical blessings given by Jesus in Matthew 5:3–12. E.g.: "Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth"(Matthew 5:5).
As an adjective beatific
is blessed, blissful, heavenly.As a noun beatitude is
supreme, utmost bliss and happiness.beatitude
English
Noun
(en noun)- Here is Gregson coming down the road with beatitude written upon every feature of his face.