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beatify

vt.使享福,行宣福礼

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动词过去式:beatified 过去分词:beatified 现在分词:beatifying 第三人称单数:beatifies 名词:beatification

beatify


/bɪ'ætɪfaɪ; bɪ`ætə,faɪ/
v (pt, pp -fied) [Tn] (of the Pope) honour (a dead person) by stating officially that he or she is in heaven (指教皇)为(死者)行宣福礼(宣布死者已升天).

beatify


v past tense and past participlebeatifiedpresent participlebeatifyingthird person singularbeatifies [T]

[Date: 1500-1600; Language: French;Origin: béatifier, from Late Latin beatificare, from Latin beatus; BEATIFIC]
if the Roman Catholic church beatifies someone who has died, it says officially that they are a holy or special person
>beatification [bi,ætɪfɪ'keɪʃən/