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Webster 1913 Edition
Beatification
Be-atˊi-fi-ca′tion
(bē̍-ătˊĭ-fĭ-kā′shŭn)
, Noun.
[Cf. F.
béatification
.] The act of beatifying, or the state of being beatified; esp., in the R. C. Church, the act or process of ascertaining and declaring that a deceased person is one of “the blessed,” or has attained the second degree of sanctity, – usually a stage in the process of canonization.
“The beatification of his spirit.” Jer. Taylor.
Webster 1828 Edition
Beatification
BEATIFICA'TION
,Noun.
Definition 2024
beatification
beatification
See also: béatification
English
Noun
beatification (plural beatifications)
- The act of beatifying, or the state of being beatified; especially, in the Roman Catholic Church, the act or process of ascertaining and declaring that a deceased person is one of "the blessed," or has attained the second degree of sanctity, — usually a stage in the process of canonization.
Translations
the act of beatifying
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