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Definition of Beatification
1. Noun. A state of supreme happiness.
Generic synonyms: Felicity, Happiness
Specialized synonyms: Enlightenment, Nirvana
Derivative terms: Beatify, Beatify, Blessed
2. Noun. The action of rendering supremely blessed and extremely happy.
3. Noun. (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.
Category relationships: Church Of Rome, Roman Catholic, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Church, Western Church
Derivative terms: Beatify
Definition of Beatification
1. 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.
Definition of Beatification
1. Noun. The act of beatifying, or the state of being beatified; esp., 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. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Beatification
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Beatification
Literary usage of Beatification
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Law of the Church: A Cyclopedia of Canon Law for English-speaking Countries by Ethelred Luke Taunton (1906)
"beatification 1. beatification is the act by which the Pope decrees the title of
... beatification gives leave in specified places for public liturgical ..."
2. History of Spanish Literature by George Ticknor (1863)
"It was the double occasion of the beatification and the canonization of Saint
Isidore, in whose honor, above twenty years earlier, Lope had made one of his ..."
3. English Synonymes Explained in Alphabetical Order with Copious Illustrations by George Crabb (1887)
"beatification, CANONIZATION. THESE are two acts emanating from the pontifical
authority, by which tin- Pope ... In the act of beatification" the Pope pron ..."
4. The Life of Father de Smet, S.J. (1801-1873) by E. Laveille (1915)
"CHAPTER XXII SEVENTH JOURNEY TO EUROPE—LAST JOURNEY TO THE MOUNTAINS (1865-1866)
A Bad Crossing—Father De Sinet Assists in Rome at the beatification of ..."
5. The Church of Our Fathers as Seen in St. Osmund's Rite for the Cathedral of by Daniel Rock (1852)
"But, like his jurisdiction, a bishop's authoritative sentence of beatification
reached no further than the limits of his own ..."
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