beatification

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beatification

  • /biˌætɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ UK

Rhymes with -eɪʃən

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From Middle French béatification, from Medieval Latin beātificātiō.

noun beatifications

  1. countable, uncountable 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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noun the act of beatifying

Españolbeatificación
日本語列福 reppuku
中文宣福禮 /宣福礼 xuānfúlǐ
Portuguêsbeatificação
Françaisbéatification
DeutschSeligsprechung
Italianobeatificazione
Ελληνικάοσιοποίηση osiopoíisi

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@misc{beatification_2026,
  title = {beatification},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/beatification},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}