beatify
to make blissfully happy.
Roman Catholic Church. to declare (a deceased person) to be among the blessed and therefore entitled to local but not universal veneration.: Compare canonize (def. 1).
Origin of beatify
1Words that may be confused with beatify
- beatify , beautify
Words Nearby beatify
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How to use beatify in a sentence
It is an innate element of the human constitution, designed to beautify and beatify man.
He does also many things through angels; but only from Himself does He beatify angels.
The City of God, Volume I | Aurelius Augustine
British Dictionary definitions for beatify
/ (bɪˈætɪˌfaɪ) /
(tr) RC Church (of the pope) to declare formally that (a deceased person) showed a heroic degree of holiness in his or her life and therefore is worthy of public veneration: the first step towards canonization
(tr) to make extremely happy
Origin of beatify
1Derived forms of beatify
- beatification (bɪˌætɪfɪˈkeɪʃən), noun
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