BEATIFIED Definition & Meaning

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beatified

[ bee-at-uh-fahyd ]

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Roman Catholic Church. being or relating to a deceased person declared to be among the blessed, and therefore entitled to local but not universal veneration:
The earliest beatified martyrs in the Americas are three Jesuits from Paraguay.
blissfully happy:
She returned from the date in a beatified state of mind, chatting about it enthusiastically.
It’s not often that the dying utter memorable words, see visions, or depart with beatified faces.

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First recorded in 1570–80; beatify ( def ) + -ed ²( def ) for the adjective senses; beatify ( def ) + -ed ¹( def ) for the verb sense

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He was previously beatified - attributed his first miracle - in 2020, the healing of a Brazilian child diagnosed with a congenital disease.

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For them, there is more than just basketball at play and their issue isn’t with Clark, but rather the hype machine that has beatified her.

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It is the first time that an entire family has been beatified.

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Those beatified are declared "blessed" and worthy of public veneration.

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It is the first time that an entire family is being beatified.

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