beatify
verb (used with object)
to make blissfully happy.
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
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"Brother Gorenflot," cried Chicot, "they have beatified men at Rome who were worth less than you."
From Chicot the Jester by Alexandre Dumas père