bless, make blissful; sanctify a person who has died (Catholic)
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Beatify Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To pronounce or regard as happy, or supremely blessed, or as conferring happiness.
To pronounce or regard as happy, or supremely blessed, or as conferring happiness.
(v. t.)
To make happy; to bless with the completion of celestial enjoyment.
To make happy; to bless with the completion of celestial enjoyment.
(v. t.)
To ascertain and declare, by a public process and decree, that a deceased person is one of "the blessed" and is to be reverenced as such, though not canonized.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutTo ascertain and declare, by a public process and decree, that a deceased person is one of "the blessed" and is to be reverenced as such, though not canonized.
beatify
\be*at"i*fy\ (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. beatified (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. beatifying.] [l. beatificare; beatus happy (fr. beare to bless, akin to bonus good) + facere to make: cf. f. béatifier. see bounty.]
1. to pronounce or regard as happy, or supremely blessed, or as conferring happiness. the common conceits and phrases that beatify wealth.
2. to make happy; to bless with the completion of celestial enjoyment. "beatified spirits."
3. (r. c. ch.) to ascertain and declare, by a public process and decree, that a deceased person is one of "the blessed" and is to be reverenced as such, though not canonized.
To make supremely happy.
Verb
1. fill with sublime emotion; tickle pink (exhilarate is obsolete in this usage); "The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies"; "He was inebriated by his phenomenal success"
(synonym) exhilarate, inebriate, thrill, exalt
(hypernym) elate, lift up, uplift, pick up, intoxicate
(derivation) blessedness, beatitude, beatification
(classification) archaism, archaicism
2. make blessedly happy
(hypernym) elate, lift up, uplift, pick up, intoxicate
(derivation) blessedness, beatitude, beatification
3. declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood; "On Sunday, the martyr will be beatified by the Vatican"
(hypernym) declare, adjudge, hold
(derivation) beatification
Beatify Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Beatification (from Latin beatus, blessed) is a recognition accorded by the Catholic Church of a dead person's entrance into Heaven and capacity to intercede on behalf of individuals who pray in his or her name (intercession of saints). Beatification is the third of the four steps in the canonization process. A person who is beatified is given the title "Blessed."
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