单词 | beatify |
释义 | beatify (biætɪfaɪ ) Word forms: beatifies , beatifying , beatified verb 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. The Pope beatified 498 priests and nuns killed in the Spanish Civil War. [VERB noun] beatification (biætɪfɪkeɪʃən ) uncountable noun ...the beatification of Cardinal John Henry Newman, the Victorian divine. [+ of] |
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