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[syn: beatified, blessed]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
beatified \be*at"i*fied\ (b[-e]*[a^]t"[i^]*f[imac]d), adj.
(Roman Catholic Church)
proclaimed one of the blessed and thus worthy of veneration.
Syn: blessed.
[WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Beatify \Be*at"i*fy\ (b[-e]*[a^]t"[i^]*f[imac]), v. t. [imp. &
p. p. Beatified (b[-e]*[a^]t"[i^]*f[imac]d); p. pr. & vb.
n. Beatifying.] [L. beatificare; beatus happy (fr. beare to
bless, akin to bonus good) + facere to make: cf. F.
b['e]atifier. See Bounty.]
1. To pronounce or regard as happy, or supremely blessed, or
as conferring happiness.
[1913 Webster]
The common conceits and phrases that beatify wealth.
--Barrow.
[1913 Webster]
2. To make happy; to bless with the completion of celestial
enjoyment. "Beatified spirits." --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
3. (R. C. Ch.) 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.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
beatified
adj 1: Roman Catholic; proclaimed one of the blessed and thus
worthy of veneration [syn: beatified, blessed]