beatify
verb
be·at·i·fy
bē-ˈa-tə-ˌfī 
beatified; beatifying
1
: to make supremely happy
2
Christianity
: to declare to have attained the blessedness of heaven and authorize the title "Blessed" and limited public religious honor
She was beatified six years after her death.
Examples of beatify in a Sentence
She was beatified by the Pope one hundred years after her death.
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He was beatified in the Roman Catholic Church in 2017, putting him one step closer to canonization.
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Marina Johnson, Detroit Free Press, 16 Feb. 2023
Pope Francis beatified Casey for the healing of retired teacher, Paula Medina Zarate, who prayed at his tomb and was cured of a genetic disease.
—Marina Johnson, Detroit Free Press, 16 Feb. 2023
The Roman Catholic Church will beatify two priests and two lay people Saturday, all victims of right-wing death squads during El Salvador’s civil war.
—Marcos AlemÁn, ajc, 22 Jan. 2022
Leading the charge to beatify Rittenhouse is Fox News personality Tucker Carlson, without question the most powerful Republican in the country not named Donald Trump.
—David Faris, The Week, 23 Nov. 2021
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Marina Johnson, Detroit Free Press, 16 Feb. 2023
Pope Francis beatified Casey for the healing of retired teacher, Paula Medina Zarate, who prayed at his tomb and was cured of a genetic disease.
—Marina Johnson, Detroit Free Press, 16 Feb. 2023
The Roman Catholic Church will beatify two priests and two lay people Saturday, all victims of right-wing death squads during El Salvador’s civil war.
—Marcos AlemÁn, ajc, 22 Jan. 2022
Leading the charge to beatify Rittenhouse is Fox News personality Tucker Carlson, without question the most powerful Republican in the country not named Donald Trump.
—David Faris, The Week, 23 Nov. 2021
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beatify
verb
be·at·i·fy
bē-ˈat-ə-ˌfī
beatified; beatifying
: to declare to have reached the blessedness of heaven
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