Definition for BLISS

BLISS, n. [Sax. bliss, joy, alacrity, exultation; blissian, to rejoice, to exult, to congratulate, to applaud; also blithsian, to rejoice. See Bless and Blithe.]

The highest degree of happiness; blessedness; felicity; used of felicity in general, when of an exalted kind, but appropriately, of heavenly joys. – Hooker. Pope.

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