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Blessedness

The state of being blessed; happiness; felicity; bliss; heavenly joys; the favor of God.

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Enlightenment 76% connected

Act of enlightening, or the state of being enlightened or instructed.

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Nirvana 76% connected

In the Buddhist system of religion, the final emancipation of the soul from transmigration, and consequently a beatific enfrachisement from the evils…

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Felicity 76% connected

The state of being happy; blessedness; blissfulness; enjoyment of good.

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Happiness 76% connected

Good luck; good fortune; prosperity.

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Beatify 74% connected

To pronounce or regard as happy, or supremely blessed, or as conferring happiness.

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Beatify 74% connected

To pronounce or regard as happy, or supremely blessed, or as conferring happiness.

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Exhilarate 74% connected

To make merry or jolly; to enliven; to animate; to gladden greatly; to cheer; as, good news exhilarates the mind; wine exhilarates a man.

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Exhilarate 74% connected

To make merry or jolly; to enliven; to animate; to gladden greatly; to cheer; as, good news exhilarates the mind; wine exhilarates a man.

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Beatification 92% connected

The act of beatifying, or the state of being beatified; esp., in the R. C. Church, the act or process of ascertaining and declaring that a deceased p…

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Beatitude 92% connected

Felicity of the highest kind; consummate bliss.

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