blessedness

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/ˈblɛsɪdnɪs/

noun

The condition or state of being blessed; holy.

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beatitudebeatification
OriginMiddle English blessednesse →
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Meanings

nounblessedness (countable and uncountable, plural blessednesses)

plural blessednesses

  1. countableuncountableThe condition or state of being blessed; holy.

    But earthlyer happy is the roſe diſtild, / Then that, vvhich, vvithering on the virgin thorne, / Grovves, liues, and dies, in ſingle bleſſedneſſe.

    c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, A Midsommer Nights Dreame. […] (First Quarto), London: […] [Richard Bradock] for Thomas Fisher, […], published 1600, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]
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    It matters little to tell you of my blessedness; but my very heart was filled with the light of those radiant eyes, which were to me what the sun is to the world.

    1832, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Heath's Book of Beauty, 1833, The Enchantress, page 19

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna state of supreme happiness

Similar
beatitudebeatification
Broader
happinessfelicity
Also see
beatificationbeatitudehappiness

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishblessednesse
  2. Englishblessedness

Inherited from Middle English blessednesse, equivalent to blessed + -ness.

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Translations

Ancient Greek μακαριότης
  • μακαριότης (makariótēs)condition or state of being blessed
Dutch gelukzaligheid, zaligheid
  • gelukzaligheidcondition or state of being blessed
  • zaligheidcondition or state of being blessed
  • gezegendheidcondition or state of being blessed
French béatitude
  • béatitudecondition or state of being blessed
German Glückseligkeit, Seligkeit
  • Glückseligkeitcondition or state of being blessed
  • Seligkeitcondition or state of being blessed
Latin beatitūdō
  • beatitūdōcondition or state of being blessed
Polish błogostan, błogość
  • błogostancondition or state of being blessed
  • błogośćcondition or state of being blessed

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

bedlessness
Cite this entry
APA

blessedness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blessedness

MLA

“blessedness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blessedness. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “blessedness,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blessedness.

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