beatification as a noun: - 1
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beatification
noun
1 beatification
A state of supreme happiness.
synonyms: beatitude, blessedness.
Roget 987:
piety,
religion,
theism,
faith;
religiousness,
holiness
etc.
adj.;
saintship†;
religionism†;
sanctimony
etc.
(assumed piety)
988;
reverence
etc.
(respect)
928;
humility,
veneration,
devotion;
prostration
etc.
(worship)
990;
grace,
unction,
edification;
sanctity,
sanctitude†;
consecration.
spiritual existence,
odor of sanctity,
beauty of holiness.
theopathy†,
beatification,
adoption,
regeneration,
conversion,
justification,
sanctification,
salvation,
inspiration,
bread of life;
Body and Blood of Christ.
believer,
convert,
theist,
Christian,
devotee,
pietist†;
the good,
the righteous,
the just,
the believing,
the elect;
Saint,
Madonna,
Notre Dame [Fr.],
Our Lady.
the children of God,
the children of the Kingdom,
the children of the light.
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Dutch: gelukzaligheid
2 beatification
The action of rendering supremely blessed and extremely happy.
3 beatification
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.
Polish: beatyfikacja
Moby thesaurus: aggrandizement, apotheosis, ascent, assumption, beatitude, bewitchment, blessedness, blessing, bliss, blissfulness, canonization, cheer, cheerfulness, cloud nine, consecration, dedication, deification, delectation, delight, devotion, dignification, ecstasy, ecstatics, elation, elevation, enchantment, ennoblement, enshrinement, enthronement, erection, escalation, exaltation, exhilaration, exuberance, felicity, gaiety, gladness, glee, glorification, grace, hallowing, happiness, heaven, height, high spirits, immortalization, intoxication, joy, joyance, joyfulness, justification, justification by works, lifting, magnification, overhappiness, overjoyfulness, paradise, purification, raising, rapture, ravishment, rearing, sainthood, sainting, sanctification, setting apart, seventh heaven, state of grace, sunshine, sursum corda, transport, unalloyed happiness, upbuoying, upcast, upheaval, uplift, uplifting, upping, uprearing, upthrow, upthrust ... show more.
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