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beatify

[ US /biˈætəˌfaɪ/ ]
[ UK /biːˈætɪfˌa‍ɪ/ ]
VERB
  1. fill with sublime emotion
    He was inebriated by his phenomenal success
    The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies
  2. declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood
    On Sunday, the martyr will be beatified by the Vatican
  3. make blessedly happy

How To Use beatify In A Sentence

  • By beatifying him, Pope Benedict is holding up to the whole Church the life and teachings of Cardinal Newman as a sure guide for us to follow, and as an inspiration for the Church today. " Te Deum Laudamus "
  • In 1985, after his cardinal petitioned the Vatican to beatify 117 Vietnamese martyrs, he was told he could never be released.
  • Mark wanted to understand the deaths, Nora to beatify them, Gordon to explain the mechanics. A THEORY OF RELATIVITY
  • We are voting for a president, a politician, not beatifying a savior, after all. Brian Palmer: Presidential Campaigning on the Down-Low?
  • The Pope is due to beatify two dead shepherd children who were lucky enough to see the Virgin Mary six times in five months way back in 1917 when they were just 11 and 12 years old.
  • Now that the miracle attributed to Mother Teresa has been authenticated, the Pope will beatify the Nobel Peace Prize winner.
  • After all, the servile savants already beatifying Bush on Fox News, right wing talk radio, and in The Washington Times are as likely to pass their genes and memes down to future generations as is slime mold, and the Snopes clan that inherits the earth in Faulkner's dark vision. Marty Kaplan: Washington, Lincoln, Bush
  • North Korean students are taught Revolutionary History from elementary school to university, a subject full of tales that mystify and beatify the Kim dynasty, said Jun Myung-ho, a defector based in Seoul, who worked in North Korea's ruling Workers' Party for nine years before escaping to the South in 2004. Pyongyang Myth-Builders Step It Up
  • Pope Benedict XVI attributed a medical miracle to the intercession of the late Pope John Paul II and announced plans to beatify his predecessor during a Vatican ceremony on May 1. World Watch
  • Many Catholics in the world are rejoicing over Pope Benedict XVI's announcement last week that he will beatify John Paul on May 1. John Paul II's Blood To Be Relic In Church
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