Bless"ed (bl&ebreve;s"&ebreve;d), a. 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. 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. Imparting happiness or bliss; fraught with happiness; blissful; joyful. "Then was a blessed time." "So blessed a disposition." Shak.

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. (R. C. Ch.) Beatified.

6. Used euphemistically, ironically, or intensively.

Not a blessed man came to set her [a boat] free.
R. D. Blackmore.

• having divine aid, or protection, or other blessing.
       
• 1611: King James Bible (Matthew 5:5) - Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
  
• In Catholicism, a title indicating the beatification of a person, thus allowing public veneration of those who have lived in sanctity or died as martyrs.
  
• Held in veneration; revered.
  
• Worthy of worship; holy.
  
• A past tense and a past participle of bless.
  

• (poetic:) alternate spelling and pronunciation of "blessed", the past tense and past participle of "bless"
       
• 1808: Lord Byron, "And wilt thou not weep when I am low?" -- Oh lady! blessèd be that tear-- / It falls for one who cannot weep...