beatifiedadj.
/biːˈatɪfʌɪd/ 1. Made supremely happy or blest.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > happiness > supreme or heavenly happiness > [adjective] > made supremely happy
blessedc1175
happyc1405
beatified?1578
imparadiseda1586
paradised1594
?1578 W. Patten Let. Entertainm. Killingwoorth 38 They vaunted their play waz neuer so dignified, nor euer any players afore so beatified.
1690 J. Norris Christian Blessedness 229 There is a Degree of Love..which comes the nearest of any to the Love of Angels and beatify'd Spirits.
1848 A. Jameson Sacred & Legendary Art II. 146 They are beatified children, not winged angels.
1860 E. B. Pusey Minor Prophets 562 The..glorious body of the beatified.
2. Roman Catholic Church. Declared to be in the enjoyment of heavenly bliss; see beatify v. 2.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > holiness > saint > canonization > [adjective]
canonized1382
canonizate?1548
incalendared1622
sainted1631
besainteda1635
beatified1650
enskied1852
1650 R. Stapleton tr. F. Strada De Bello Belgico vii. 43 The already beatified Didacus.
a1837 E. C. Knight Autobiogr. II. 312 The feast of a beatified saint is not observed by the church in general, but only by his own order.
1852 A. Jameson Legends Madonna 100 The beatified members of these orders.
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adj.?1578