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beatify::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | exalt, exhilarate, inebriate, thrill, tickle pink |
| Type of | uplift, lift up, intoxicate, pick up, elate |
| Derivation | beatification |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | uplift, elate, intoxicate, lift up, pick up |
| Derivation | beatification |
Examples of beatify
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But Pope John Paul II waived the miracle requirement in order to beatify Kateri in 1980.
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If we could beatify the humble laneway cobblestone, chances are we would.
From the smh.com.au
They were publicity hounds, they were wrong, stop trying to beatify them.
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In 2000, John Paul visited Fatima to beatify Jacinta and Francisco.
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Evidence is mounting that the pope will soon approve the miracle needed to beatify Pope John Paul II.
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A campaign to beatify Schleyer was started in summer 2001, based in his home parish of Litzelstetten.
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Some would be happy to beatify Princess Diana.
From the economist.com
He thinks we should beatify one.
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It is fitting for Catholic Church to beatify an antisemitic, misogynist who condemned women to eternal suffering for using birth control.
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- Exhilarate: fill with sublime emotion; "The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies"; "He was inebriated by his phenomenal success"
- Make blessedly happy
- Declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood; "On Sunday, the martyr will be beatified by the Vatican"
- (beatification) blessedness: a state of supreme happiness
- (beatification) the action of rendering supremely blessed and extremely happy
- (beatification) (Roman Catholic Church) an act of the Pope who declares that a deceased person lived a holy life and is worthy of public veneration; a first step toward canonization
- (beatified) Roman Catholic; proclaimed one of the blessed and thus worthy of veneration
- Beatification (from Latin beatus, "blessed" and facere, "to make") is a recognition accorded by the Catholic Church of a dead person's entrance into Heaven and capacity to intercede on behalf of individuals who pray in his or her name.
- To make blissful; In the Roman Catholic church, to take a step in the process of declaring a person a saint
