Definition of Beatefication
Beatification, religious honour allowed by the pope to certain who
are not so eminent in sainthood as to entitle them to canonisation.
- Wikipedia
Be*at`i*fi*ca"tion (&?;), n. [Cf. F.
béatification.] 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. "The beatification of his spirit."
Jer. Taylor.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- 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.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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