beatified, blessed
(adjective) Roman Catholic; proclaimed one of the blessed and thus worthy of veneration
beatify
(verb) declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood; “On Sunday, the martyr will be beatified by the Vatican”
beatify
(verb) make blessedly happy
exhilarate, tickle pink, inebriate, thrill, exalt, beatify
(verb) fill with sublime emotion; “The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies”; “He was inebriated by his phenomenal success”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
beatified (not comparable)
(Roman Catholic) Having been recognized and declared, by the church, that a deceased has entered heaven; having attained this step in the process of canonization.
beatified
simple past tense and past participle of beatify
Source: Wiktionary
Be*at"i*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Beatified (p. pr. & vb. n. Beatifying.] Etym: [L. beatificare; beatus happy (fr. beare to bless, akin to bonus good) + facere to make: cf. F. béatifier. See Bounty.]
1. To pronounce or regard as happy, or supremely blessed, or as conferring happiness. The common conceits and phrases that beatify wealth. Barrow.
2. To make happy; to bless with the completion of celestial enjoyment. "Beatified spirits." Dryden.
3. (R. C. Ch.)
Definition: To ascertain and declare, by a public process and decree, that a deceased person is one of "the blessed" and is to be reverenced as such, though not canonized.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 December 2024
(adjective) having everything extraneous removed including contents; “the bare walls”; “the cupboard was bare”
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