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be·at·i·fy  (b-t-f)
tr.v. be·at·i·fied, be·at·i·fy·ing, be·at·i·fies
1. To make blessedly happy.
2. Roman Catholic Church To proclaim (a deceased person) to be one of the blessed and thus worthy of public religious veneration in a particular region or religious congregation.
3. To exalt above all others.
[French beatifier, from Late Latin betificre : Latin betus, happy; see beatific + Latin -ficre, -fy.]
be·ati·fi·cation (-f-kshn) n.
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Adj.1.beatified - Roman Catholic; proclaimed one of the blessed and thus worthy of veneration
blessed
holy - belonging to or derived from or associated with a divine power


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While the troops, dividing into two parts when passing around the Kremlin, were thronging the Moskva and the Stone bridges, a great many soldiers, taking advantage of the stoppage and congestion, turned back from the bridges and slipped stealthily and silently past the church of Vasili the Beatified and under the Borovitski gate, back up the hill to the Red Square where some instinct told them they could easily take things not belonging to them.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
Anne evidently got through her visit without any serious breach of "etiquette," for she came home through the twilight, under a great, high-sprung sky gloried over with trails of saffron and rosy cloud, in a beatified state of mind and told Marilla all about it happily, sitting on the big red-sandstone slab at the kitchen door with her tired curly head in Marilla's gingham lap.
Anne Of Green Gables by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context
Seldom except in books do the dying utter memorable words, see visions, or depart with beatified countenances, and those who have sped many parting souls know that to most the end comes as naturally and simply as sleep.
Little Women by Alcott, Louisa May View in context
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