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THE BEATITUDE * THE UNIQUES * BLANK * JA
The Beatitude (Blessed Are The Meek) with Slim Smith singing lead vocals is rated, along with My Conversation on the other side of the record, are rated as his two greatest recordings. According to the shorter Oxford English Dictionary, Beatitude, from the Latin beatitudo, means supreme blessedness or happiness. An ascription of special blessedness; especially those pronounced by Christ in the Sermon on the Mount, from the bible story. The song was, in fact, based on The Sermon on the Mount.
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