beatification – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
beatification
n.
glorification, sanctification; sanctification of a person who has died (Catholic)
Beatification
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.
beatification
Noun
1. a state of supreme happiness
(synonym) blessedness, beatitude
(hypernym) happiness, felicity
(hyponym) Nirvana, enlightenment
(derivation) exhilarate, inebriate, thrill, exalt, beatify
2. the action of rendering supremely blessed and extremely happy
(hypernym) action
(derivation) exhilarate, inebriate, thrill, exalt, beatify
3. (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
(hypernym) sanctification
(derivation) beatify
(classification) Roman Catholic, Western Church, Roman Catholic Church, Church of Rome, Roman Church
béatification
nf.
beatification, sanctification
Beatification
(n.)
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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