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BEATIFICATION

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be⋅at⋅i⋅fi⋅ca⋅tion

  [bee-at-uh-fi-key-shuhn]
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–noun
1. the act of beatifying.
2. the state of being beatified.
3. Roman Catholic Church. the official act of the pope whereby a deceased person is declared to be enjoying the happiness of heaven, and therefore a proper subject of religious honor and public cult in certain places.
Origin:
1495–1505; < LL beātificātiōn- (s. of beātificātiō), equiv. to beātificāt(us) (ptp. of beātificāre to beatify ) + -iōn- -ion; see -ate 1
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be·at·i·fy   (bē-āt'ə-fī')   
tr.v.   be·at·i·fied, be·at·i·fy·ing, be·at·i·fies

  1. To make blessedly happy.

  2. Roman Catholic Church To proclaim (a deceased person) to be one of the blessed and thus worthy of public religious veneration in a particular region or religious congregation.

  3. To exalt above all others.


[French beatifier, from Late Latin beātificāre : Latin beātus, happy; see beatific + Latin -ficāre, -fy.]
be·at'i·fi·ca'tion (-fĭ-kā'shən) n.
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