beatification

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A noun referring to the act of making someone supremely blessed or happy, or in a religious context, a declaration by the Pope that a deceased person has lived a holy life and is worthy of public veneration, often the first step toward canonization.

• 🇩🇪Substantiv, das die Handlung bezeichnet, jemandem höchste Seligkeit oder Glückseligkeit zu verleihen, oder im religiösen Kontext die Erklärung des Papstes, dass ein Verstorbener ein heiligmäßiges Leben geführt hat und öffentlich verehrt werden darf, oft der erste Schritt zur Heiligsprechung.

1. Supreme happiness C2 formal

   A state of being supremely blessed or extremely happy.

   • The saint experienced a state of beatification after years of meditation.
   • Her face glowed with a sense of beatification as she received the award.
   • The poet described the moment of beatification as pure bliss.

   🇩🇪Höchste Seligkeit

   Synonyme: beatitudeblessednessblissecstasyeuphoriafelicityjoyrapture

   Antonyme: anguishdespairmiserysorrowunhappinesswretchedness

2. Making someone blessed C2 formal

   The action of rendering someone supremely blessed or extremely happy.

   • The ceremony was a beatification of the community's spirit.
   • His words brought a feeling of beatification to all who heard them.
   • The act of beatification was performed by the high priest.

   🇩🇪Beglückung

   Synonyme: blessingexaltationglorificationsanctification

3. Catholic Church declaration C2 formal

   In the Roman Catholic Church, an official act by the Pope declaring that a deceased person lived a holy life and is worthy of public veneration, serving as a first step toward canonization.

   • The beatification of Mother Teresa took place in 2003.
   • Thousands of pilgrims attended the beatification ceremony at the Vatican.
   • After beatification, the candidate is considered 'Blessed' by the Church.

   🇩🇪Seligsprechung

• beatifications plural form
• beatifications' possessive plural form
• beatification's possessive singular form