1. A state of supreme happiness
   - blessedness, beatitude 
2. The action of rendering supremely blessed and extremely happy 
3. (Roman Catholic Church) an act of the Pope who declares that a deceased person lived a holy life and is worthy of public veneration; a first step toward canonization

Derived forms: beatifications

See also: beatify

Type of: action, felicity, happiness, sanctification

Encyclopedia: Beatification

• genus Alces
• genus Aldrovanda
• genus Alectis
• genus Alectoria
• genus Alectoris
• genus Alectura
• genus Alepisaurus
• genus Aletris
• genus Aleurites
• genus Aleyrodes
• genus Algeripithecus
• genus Alisma
• genus Allamanda
• genus Alliaria
• genus Alligator
• genus Allionia
• genus Allium
• genus Allosaurus
• genus Alnus
• genus Alocasia
• genus Aloe
• genus Alopecurus
• genus Alopex
• genus Alopius
• genus Alosa