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