[bɪˈatɪfʌɪ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- (in the Roman Catholic Church) announce the beatification of
(e.g: he beatified Juan Diego, an Indian believed to have had a vision of the Virgin Mary in 1531)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘make blessed or supremely happy’): from Old French beatifier or ecclesiastical Latin beatificare, from Latin beatus ‘blessed’