Beatifying
31beatification — [bē at΄ə fi kā′shən] n. [Fr béatification < MFr: see BEATIFY] 1. a beatifying or being beatified 2. R.C.Ch. a) investigation, now formal, of whether a deceased person should be publicly declared to be in heaven and so entitled to some public… …
32beatify — [bē at′ə fī΄] vt. beatified, beatifying [MFr < ML(Ec) beatificare < LL(Ec) < beatus < L (see BONUS) + facere, to make, DO1] 1. to make blissfully happy 2. R.C.Ch. to declare (a deceased person), by public statement, to be in heaven… …
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