Blessings beside taut translation (10)
I believe the answer is:
beatitudes
'blessings' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both states of affairs as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'beside taut translation' is the wordplay.
'translation' is an anagram indicator.
'beside'+'taut'='besidetaut'
'besidetaut' is an anagram of 'BEATITUDES'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for beatitudes that I've seen is " Sayings of Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount".)