English

Noun

1. The state or condition of being blessed, holy.

   1594 Thrice-blessed they that master so their blood

   To undergo such maiden pilgrimage:

   But earthlier happy is the rose distill'd

   Than that which, withering on the virgin thorn,

   Grows, lives, and dies, in single blessedness.

   — Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act 1, Scene 1.