blessedness

noun

Etymology: Inherited from Middle English blessednesse, equivalent to blessed + -ness.

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.”

   “It matters little to tell you of my blessedness; but my very heart was filled with the light of those radiant eyes, which were to me what the sun is to the world.”