makarism
English
editEtymology
editForm Ancient Greek μάκαρ (mákar) + -ism.
Noun
editmakarism (plural makarisms)
- A statement that someone or something is blessed, happy, fortunate, or is to be honored or congratulated; a beatitude, as in the Sermon on the Mount. Used for Hebrew and Greek statements, a technical term in the academic literature of Judaism and Christianity.
- Synonym: beatitude