Beatifying
21Philosophy (The) of the Italian Renaissance — The philosophy of the Italian Renaissance Jill Kraye TWO CULTURES: SCHOLASTICISM AND HUMANISM IN THE EARLY RENAISSANCE Two movements exerted a profound influence on the philosophy of the Italian Renaissance: scholasticism and humanism, both of… …
22beatify — be|at|i|fy [biˈætıfaı] v past tense and past participle beatified present participle beatifying third person singular beatifies [T] [Date: 1500 1600; : French; Origin: béatifier, from Late Latin beatificare, from Latin beatus; BEATIFIC] if the… …
23beatify — (v.) 1530s, to make very happy, from M.Fr. béatifer, from L.L. beatificare make happy, make blessed, from L. beatus supremely happy, blessed (pp. of beare to make happy, to bless ) + ficare, from stem of facere to make, do (see FACTITIOUS (Cf.… …
24beatify — [[t]biæ̱tɪfaɪ[/t]] beatifies, beatifying, beatified VERB 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. [V n] In May, Pope John… …
25beatify — [bɪ atɪfʌɪ] verb (beatifies, beatifying, beatified) (in the Roman Catholic Church) announce the beatification of. Origin C16: from OFr. beatifier or eccles. L. beatificare, from L. beatus blessed …
26beatification — n. 1. Beatifying (especially the act of the Pope in declaring a person happy after death). 2. Bliss, blessedness. See beatitude …
27purification — n 1. sanitization, sanitizing, sanitating, depuration, depurating; depollution, depolluting, freshening, deodorizing, decontamination, decontaminating, disinfection, disinfecting, antisepticizing; cleansing, detersion, deterging, mundification,… …
28beatification — UK [bɪˌætɪfɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n] / US noun [uncountable] in the Roman Catholic Church, an official statement that someone who has died was an especially good or holy person Derived word: beatify UK [bɪˈætɪˌfaɪ] / US verb transitive Word forms beatify :… …
29beatification — /biˌætəfəˈkeɪʃən/ (say bee.atuhfuh kayshuhn) noun 1. the act of beatifying. 2. the state of being beatified. 3. Roman Catholic Church the official act of the pope whereby a deceased person is declared to be beatified, a necessary preliminary to… …
30beatify — /biˈætəfaɪ / (say bee atuhfuy) verb (t) (beatified, beatifying) 1. to make blissfully happy. 2. Roman Catholic Church to declare (a deceased person) to be among the blessed, and thus entitled to specific religious honour. {French béatifier, from… …
