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▪ I. beˈatiˌfying, vbl. n. [f. prec. + -ing1.] The action of making supremely blest; beatification.
c1630Jackson Creed vi. xiii. Wks. V. 139 God's glory must..appear..in the beatifying of the elect. ▪ II. beˈatiˌfying, ppl. a. [f. as prec. + -ing2.] Making supremely happy or blest.
a1682Sir T. Browne (J.) The fullest good..the most beatifying of all others. 1822K. Digby Broadst. Hon. (1848) I. 183 Oh! the sublime..and already beatifying philosophy of Christians! 1869Ld. Lytton Orval 45 Image of all beatifying beauty. |