beatification

[ bee-at-uh-fi-key-shuhn ]
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noun
  1. the act of beatifying.

  2. the state of beingbeatified.

  1. 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 of beatification

1
1495–1505; <Late Latin beātificātiōn- (stem of beātificātiō), equivalent to beātificāt(us) (past participle of beātificāre to beatify) + -iōn--ion; see -ate1

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