Blessedness

//ˈblɛsɪdnɪs// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The condition or state of being blessed; holy. countable, uncountable

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

  2. 2
    a state of supreme happiness wordnet

Example

More examples

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

Etymology

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

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