Beatifying Word Meaning

Etymology:

mid 16th century (in the sense ‘make blessed or supremely happy’): from Old French beatifier or ecclesiastical Latin beatificare, from Latin beatus ‘blessed’

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Definition:

(in the Roman Catholic Church) announce the beatification of

Short Definition:

(in Roman Catholic Church) announce beatification of

Examples:

• he beatified Juan Diego, an Indian believed to have had a vision of the Virgin Mary in 1531