blessed

Having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing.

Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.

A title indicating the beatification of a person, thus allowing public veneration of those who have lived in sanctity or died as martyrs.

Held in veneration; revered.

‘My blessed Public must have a pretty girl’s face. Romance isn’t romance, adventure is as dull as dishwater...to my Public...unless, every so often, a face to sink a thousand ships, or is it saps? shows up.’

Worthy of worship; holy.

Elect or saved after death; hence (euphemistic) dead.

I know—for Death, who comes for me From regions of the blest afar, Where there is nothing to deceive, Hath left his iron gate ajar, […]

A surname.

An epithet indicating that a person has been beatified.

Alternative letter-case form of blessed used when referring to an important figure, such as God, or to an important item or event.

This emendation is echoed in Thekla's reunion with Paul outside the city, where she offers the following prayer of thanksgiving: God, King and Blessed Creator of everything, and Father of your great and only begotten Child, I give you thanks.