beatitude
         n 1: a state of supreme happiness [syn: {blessedness},
               {beatitude}, {beatification}]
         2: one of the eight sayings of Jesus at the beginning of the
            Sermon on the Mount; in Latin each saying begins with
            `beatus' (blessed); "her favorite Beatitude is `Blessed are
            the meek for they shall inherit the earth'"

English Dictionary: beatitude	by the DICT Development Group
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beatitude \Be*at"i*tude\, n. [L. beatitudo: cf. F. b[82]atitude.       See {Beatify}.]       1. Felicity of the highest kind; consummate bliss.          2. Any one of the nine declarations (called the Beatitudes),             made in the Sermon on the Mount (--Matt. v. 3-12), with             regard to the blessedness of those who are distinguished             by certain specified virtues.          3. (R. C. Ch.) Beatification. --Milman.          Syn: Blessedness; felicity; happiness.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Betide \Be*tide"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Betided}, Obs. {Betid};       p. pr. & vb. n. {Betiding}.] [OE. bitiden; pref. bi-, be- +       tiden, fr. AS. t[c6]dan, to happen, fr. t[c6]d time. See       {Tide}.]       To happen to; to befall; to come to; as, woe betide the       wanderer.                   What will betide the few ?                     --Milton.