single blessedness

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Blessedness \Bless"ed*ness\, n.
   The state of being blessed; happiness; felicity; bliss;
   heavenly joys; the favor of God.
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         The assurance of a future blessedness.   --Tillotson.
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   {Single blessedness}, the unmarried state. "Grows, lives, and
      dies in single blessedness." --Shak.
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   Syn: Delight; beatitude; ecstasy. See {Happiness}.
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