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.

• 🇨🇳指授予最高幸福或福乐的行为，在宗教语境中特指教皇宣布已故信徒生前圣洁、值得公众敬礼，通常是封圣的第一步。

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.

   🇨🇳至福

   同义词: beatitudeblessednessblissecstasyeuphoriafelicityjoyrapture

   反义词: 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.

   🇨🇳宣福

   同义词: 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.

   🇨🇳宣福礼

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