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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1490, 1552
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Beatitud(e, -ytude, n. [Late ME. beatytude (Caxton). F. béatitude. L. beātitūdo.] Blessedness, happiness. —1490 Irland Mir. I. 17/13 (eternall felicite and beatitud); 70/36 (the half of our beatitude). c1552 Lynd. Mon. 4938 (bair of beatytude).
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