a sermon given by Jesus in which he explains his religious ideas. It is one of the best-known parts of the New Testament of the Bible, and it includes a set of statements called the beatitudes, in which Jesus names the types of people who are 'blessed' (=specially loved by God).
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
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