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beatification

/bee-at-uh-fi-key-shuhn/US // biˌæt ə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən //

册封,宣教,宣判,受封

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act of beatifying.
    • : the state of being beatified.
    • : Roman Catholic Church. the official act of the pope whereby a deceased person is declared to be enjoying the happiness of heaven, and therefore a proper subject of religious honor and public cult in certain places.

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as inworship

Examples

  • After the initial leaks, I offered a cautious piece, urging against the instant beatification of the former NSA contractor.

  • More than a million followers came to Rome for the beatification, and many more are expected when he escalates to sainthood.

  • The speech itself—aimed directly at women and blatant in its beatification of moms—was solid.

  • To that period belonged the provocation for my play The Beatification of Area Boy.

  • The pope also wants to skirt another recent source of conflict with Israel—the planned beatification of Pope Pius XII.

  • I am still ignorant and indeed indifferent about the precise moment of my parliamentary beatification.

  • Thus, even during her lifetime, she enjoyed certain of the privileges of beatification.

  • He is now like Bellarmine ranked among the venerable, and the process of his beatification is proceeding.

  • But if the beatification of the world is not a work of nature but a work of art, then it involves an artist.

  • Even the ardent supporters of the cause of beatification are forced to admit that there is no record of such a marriage.