Blessedness, 1) happiness: “and found the b. of being little,” H8 IV, 2, 66. -- 2) the favor of God, the state of being blessed by God: “so shall she leave her b. to one,” H8 V, 5, 44. -- 3) holiness, sanctity: “lives and dies in single b.” Mids. I, 1, 78.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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