ALL meanings of beatification
be·at·i·fi·ca·tion
B b - noun beatification a beatifying or being beatified 3
- noun beatification investigation, now formal, of whether a deceased person should be publicly declared to be in heaven and so entitled to some public veneration: an affirmative decision may lead to canonization 3
- noun beatification a public declaration, now made only by the pope, ratifying an affirmative decision arrived at through this investigation 3
- noun beatification the act of beatifying. 1
- noun beatification the state of being beatified. 1
- noun beatification pre-sainthood status 1
- noun beatification Roman Catholic Church. the official act of the pope whereby a deceased person is declared to be enjoying the happiness of heaven, and therefore a proper subject of religious honor and public cult in certain places. 1
- noun beatification elevation above all others 1
- noun beatification (in the Roman Catholic Church) declaration by the pope that a dead person is in a state of bliss, constituting a step toward canonization and permitting public veneration. 1
- noun beatification The act of beatifying, or the state of being beatified; especially, in the Roman Catholic 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. 0