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The act of beatifying, or the state of being beatified; especially, 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.
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(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
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Broader terms: sanctification
the action of rendering supremely blessed and extremely happy
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Broader terms: action
a state of supreme happiness
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Synonyms: blessedness, beatitude
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Broader terms: happiness, felicity
Narrower terms: nirvana, enlightenment
From Middle French béatification, from Medieval Latin beātificātiō.
Across languages
Translations
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
beatificació
— the act of beatifying
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Chinese Mandarin:
宣福禮 /宣福礼
(xuānfúlǐ)
— the act of beatifying
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Czech:
blahořečení
— the act of beatifying
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Danish:
saligkåring
— the act of beatifying
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Finnish:
autuaaksijulistaminen
— the act of beatifying
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French:
béatification
— the act of beatifying
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Galician:
beatificación
— the act of beatifying
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German:
Seligsprechung
— the act of beatifying
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Greek:
οσιοποίηση
(osiopoíisi)
— the act of beatifying
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Hungarian:
boldoggá avatás
— the act of beatifying
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Indonesian:
beatifikasi
— the act of beatifying
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Irish:
beannú
— the act of beatifying
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Italian:
beatificazione
— the act of beatifying
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Japanese:
列福
(reppuku)
— the act of beatifying
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Kashmiri:
سۄرٕگ بھوگ
(sọrụg bhōg)
— the act of beatifying
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Norwegian Bokmål:
saligkåring
— the act of beatifying
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
saligkåring
— the act of beatifying
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Polish:
beatyfikacja
— the act of beatifying
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Portuguese:
beatificação
— the act of beatifying
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Spanish:
beatificación
— the act of beatifying
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Swedish:
saligförklaring
— the act of beatifying
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Ukrainian:
беатифіка́ція
(beatyfikácija)
— the act of beatifying
