ALL meanings of beatify
be·at·i·fy
B b - verb beatify When the Catholic church beatifies someone who is dead, it declares officially that they were a holy person, usually as the first step towards making them a saint. 3
- verb beatify (of the pope) to declare formally that (a deceased person) showed a heroic degree of holiness in his or her life and therefore is worthy of public veneration: the first step towards canonization 3
- verb beatify to make extremely happy 3
- verb transitive beatify to make blissfully happy 3
- verb transitive beatify to declare (a deceased person), by public statement, to be in heaven and entitled to some public veneration 3
- verb with object beatify to make blissfully happy. 1
- verb with object beatify Roman Catholic Church. to declare (a deceased person) to be among the blessed and thus entitled to specific religious honor. 1
- noun beatify (in the Roman Catholic Church) announce the beatification of. 1
- transitive verb beatify award pre-sainthood status to 1
- verb beatify (Transitive Verb) To make blissful. 0
- verb beatify (Transitive Verb) To pronounce or regard as happy, or supremely blessed, or as conferring happiness. 0
- verb beatify (Transitive Verb) (Roman Catholicism) To carry out the third of four steps in canonization, making someone a blessed. 0