Beatitudes
[ (bee-at-uh-toohdz, bee-at-uh-tyoohdz) ]
Eight sayings of Jesus at the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount. The word is from the Latin beatus, meaning “blessed,” and each of the Beatitudes begins with the word blessed. They include “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the Earth” and “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.”
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How to use Beatitudes in a sentence
Nor does he glow with exalted hopes of a millennium of bliss, or of the Beatitudes of a future state.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I | John LordThey profess to liberate the soul from the evils of mortal life,--to arrive at eternal Beatitudes.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I | John LordThe husband was extravagant and self-indulgent; the wife panted for Beatitudes it was not in his nature to give.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume VII | John LordHe hugs himself to his own heart as the embodiment of all the virtues of the decalogue and the Beatitudes.
The Broken Sword | Dennison WorthingtonEverywhere the rare Beatitudes of Todos Santos revealed and repeated its simple story.
The Crusade of the Excelsior | Bret Harte
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