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• past tense form of beatify.
• past participle of beatify.

beatified

American  

[bee-at-uh-fahyd] / biˈæt əˌfaɪd /

adjective

1. 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.

2. 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.

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of beatify.

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

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beatified

Moreover, all four ex-jocks are presented as so courageous, thoughtful, dedicated and manly that they’re effectively beatified, and they’re also barely distinguishable from one another.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

Vietnam has had 117 people beatified and later canonised as saints, but the Church said this was the first time a beatification ceremony had been held in the country rather than at the Vatican.

From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026

For them, there is more than just basketball at play and their issue isn’t with Clark, but rather the hype machine that has beatified her.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2024

This was the first time an entire family has been beatified, a great honour and a step towards sainthood.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2023

The beatified were not only physicians during their life, but medicinal after death.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen

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