fill with sublime emotion; tickle pink (exhilarate is obsolete in this usage); "The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies"; "He was inebriated by his phenomenal success"
declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood; "On Sunday, the martyr will be beatified by the Vatican" make blessedly happy
To ascertain and declare, by a public process and decree, that a deceased person is one of "the blessed,"
When the Catholic church beatifies someone who is dead, it declares officially that they were a holy person, usually as the first step towards making them a saint. In May, Pope John Paul is to beatify Gianna Beretta. + beatification be·ati·fi·ca·tion Thousands attended the beatification of Juan Diego. if the Roman Catholic church beatifies someone who has died, it says officially that they are a holy or special person (béatifier, from beatificare, from beatus; BEATIFIC)
To pronounce or regard as happy, or supremely blessed, or as conferring happiness
To ascertain and declare, by a public process and decree, that a deceased person is one of "the blessed," and is to be reverenced as such, though not canonized
The act of beatifying, or the state of being beatified; esp., in the Roman Catholic Church, the act or process of ascertaining and declaring that a deceased person is one of "the blessed," or has attained the second degree of sanctity, — usually a stage in the process of canonization
The act of beatifying, or the state of being beatified; esp., in the Roman Catholic Church, the act or process of ascertaining and declaring that a deceased person is one of "the blessed," or has attained the second degree of sanctity, - usually a stage in the process of canonization
(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 the action of rendering supremely blessed and extremely happy
Church, the act or process of ascertaining and declaring that a deceased person is one of "the blessed," or has attained the second degree of sanctity, usually a stage in the process of canonization