BLESSED

blessed|blest. Blessed, or Blest, pa. very happy or easy, prospered

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Bless″ed (blĕs″ĕd), a. 1. 1. Hallowed; consecrated; worthy of blessing or adoration; heavenly; holy.
O, run; prevent them with thy humble ode, And lay it lowly at his blessed feet. Milton. 2. 2. Enjoying happiness or bliss; favored with blessings; happy; highly favored.
All generations shall call me blessed. Luke i. 48. Towards England's blessed shore. Shak. 3. 3. Imparting happiness or bliss; fraught with happiness; blissful; joyful. “Then was a blessed time.” “So blessed a disposition.” Shak.
4. 4. Enjoying, or pertaining to, spiritual happiness, or heavenly felicity; as, the blessed in heaven.
Reverenced like a blessed saint. Shak. Cast out from God and blessed vision. Milton. 5. 5. (R. C. Ch.) Beatified.
6. 6. Used euphemistically, ironically, or intensively.
Not a blessed man came to set her free. R. D. Blackmore.