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be⋅at⋅i⋅fy

[bee-at-uh-fahy]
–verb (used with object), -fied, -fy⋅ing.
1. to make blissfully happy.
2. Roman Catholic Church. to declare (a deceased person) to be among the blessed and thus entitled to specific religious honor.

Origin:
1525–35; < MF beatifier < LL beātificāre. See beatific
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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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