beatify

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /biːˈætɪfaɪ/

Verb

beatify

1. (transitive) To make blissful.

   • Beatified spirits.

2. (transitive) To pronounce or regard as happy, or supremely blessed, or as conferring happiness.

   • The common conceits and phrases that beatify wealth.

3. (transitive, Roman Catholicism) To carry out the third of four steps in canonization, making someone a blessed.

Related terms

• beatification
• Blessed

Translations

• French: béatifier
• German: seligsprechen
• Italian: beatificare
• Portuguese: beatificar
• Spanish: beatificar

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