beatified
Americanadjective
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Roman Catholic Church. being or relating to a deceased person declared to be among the blessed, and therefore entitled to local but not universal veneration.
The earliest beatified martyrs in the Americas are three Jesuits from Paraguay.
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blissfully happy.
She returned from the date in a beatified state of mind, chatting about it enthusiastically.
It’s not often that the dying utter memorable words, see visions, or depart with beatified faces.
verb
Etymology
Origin of beatified
First recorded in 1570–80; beatify ( def. ) + -ed 2 ( def. ) for the adjective senses; beatify ( def. ) + -ed 1 ( def. ) for the verb sense
Example Sentences
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Beatified in 1923�the Roman Catholic officials waiving the custom that 50 years must elapse before a "cause" is begun�she was canonized in 1925 as St. Th�r�se of the Infant Jesus.
From Time Magazine Archive
Dates: 1901-1925 Status of Cause: Beatified Prognosis: Good A "blessed" who could have fit right into People's "most beautiful" issue, Frassati was the handsome son of one of Italy's foremost publishers.
From Time Magazine Archive
Zeal of an unknown infinite Yet bade me ever wish you more Beatified than e’er before.
From Victories of Love by Patmore, Coventry Kersey Dighton
From it came 24 Popes; 200 Cardinals; 1,600 Archbishops; 4,000 Bishops; 15,000 Writers; 1,500 Saints; 5,000 Beatified; 43 Emperors, and 44 Kings.
From The Knights of the Cross or, Krzyzacy by Binion, Samuel A.
Gloom hovers where triumphant joy Beatified each passing hour, For Winter now with ruthless power Fulfils its mission to destroy.
From The Call of the Mountains and other Poems by Pickering, James E.
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