beatify
verb/biˈætɪfaɪ/
Etymology From French béatifier, from Medieval Latin beātifico (“I bless”).
1
To make blissful.
2
To pronounce or regard as happy, or supremely blessed, or as conferring happiness.
- [T]hat assertion of the wise man: 'Labor not for riches; wilt thou set thy heart on that which is not?' it, well applied, will pluck down the high places reared to this great idol of clay in men's hearts: will confute the common conceits and phrases which so beatify wealth; […]a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “Sermon XLVI. The Consideration of our Latter End.”, in The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow. […], volume III, London: A[braham] J[ohn] Valpy, […], published 1831, →OCLC, page 200:
3
Catholicism, Christianity, Roman Catholicism To carry out the third of four steps in canonization, making someone a blessed.
- Related terms
- beatification, Blessed