Beatitudes

be-at'1-tudz, the eight ascriptions of blessedness pronounced by Christ in the Sermon on the Mount, beginning:

"Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

"Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted."

The name is derived from the Latin adjective "beati," that, in the Latin Testament, corresponds in position and in meaning to the English adjective "blessed."