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Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) blessedness, beatitude, beatification
a state of supreme happiness

2. (noun) beatification
the action of rendering supremely blessed and extremely happy

3. (noun) beatification
(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

Definition of 'beatification'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) beatification
the act of beatifying, or the state of being beatified; esp., in the R. C. 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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The Nuttall Encyclopedia

1. beatification
religious honour allowed by the pope to certain who are not so eminent in sainthood as to entitle them to canonisation.

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