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BEATIFICATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("beatification" is a kind of...):
sanctification (a religious ceremony in which something is made holy)
Domain category:
Church of Rome; Roman Catholic; Roman Catholic Church; Roman Church; Western Church (the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy)
Derivation:
beatify (declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The action of rendering supremely blessed and extremely happy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("beatification" is a kind of...):
action (something done (usually as opposed to something said))
Derivation:
beatify (make blessedly happy)
beatify (fill with sublime emotion)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A state of supreme happiness
Synonyms:
beatification; beatitude; blessedness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("beatification" is a kind of...):
felicity; happiness (state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "beatification"):
enlightenment; nirvana ((Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of desire and suffering and individual consciousness)
Derivation:
beatify (make blessedly happy)
beatify (fill with sublime emotion)
