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blessednesse

blessednesse is the obsolete spelling of blessedness.

Meaning of blessedness

Noun

blessedness (countable and uncountable, plural blessednesses)

  1. The condition or state of being blessed; holy.
    • But earthlyer happy is the roſe diſtild, / Then that, vvhich, vvithering on the virgin thorne, / Grovves, liues, and dies, in ſingle bleſſedneſſe.c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, A Midsommer Nights Dreame. […] (First Quarto), London: […] [Richard Bradock] for Thomas Fisher, […], published 1600, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]

Forms of blessednesse

pluralblessednesses

Questions about blessednesse

What is blessednesse the obsolete spelling of?
Blessednesse is the obsolete spelling of blessedness.

Words near blessednesse in the dictionary

  1. blesseder
  2. blessedest
  3. blessedfull
  4. blessedly
  5. blessedness
  6. blessednesse
  7. blessednesses
  8. blessedst
  9. blessee
  10. blessees
  11. blesser

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