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'''beatification''' | '''beatification''' | ||
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#The act of beatifying or of rendering or pronouncing happy; | #The act of beatifying or of rendering or pronouncing happy; the state of being blessed; blessedness. | ||
#In | #In the [[Roman Catholic Church]], the act by which a deceased person is declared to be beatified, or one of the blessed, and therefore a proper subject of a certain degree or kind of public [[religious]] honor. | ||
#The act of beatifying, or | #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]]. | ||
[[Category:Definitions]] | [[Category:Definitions]] | ||
[[Category:Religion]] | [[Category:Religion]] |
Latest revision as of 15:28, 28 April 2024
beatification noun
- The act of beatifying or of rendering or pronouncing happy; the state of being blessed; blessedness.
- In the Roman Catholic Church, the act by which a deceased person is declared to be beatified, or one of the blessed, and therefore a proper subject of a certain degree or kind of public religious honor.
- 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.