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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesbeatificación
Pronunciation / Transliteration: be-a-ti-fi-ka-sjon
"El papa presidió la misa de beatificación en la plaza de San Pedro."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A ceremony in the Roman Catholic Church by which a dead person is declared to be blessed and worthy of public veneration, being the third step of the process towards canonization.
"Thousands of pilgrims gathered in Rome for the beatification of the beloved missionary." - 2
The act of making supremely happy or the state of being blessed with supreme joy and bliss.
"She felt a sense of quiet beatification as she looked out over the peaceful mountain landscape."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Late Latin word beatificatio, stemming from Latin beatificare (to make happy or bless), combining beatus (blessed) and facere (to make). Entered Middle English via Old French in the late medieval period, primarily retaining its Roman Catholic ecclesiastical sense of declaring a deceased person blessed.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Beatification" is said worldwide
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béatification
Transliteration: be-a-ti-fi-ka-sjɔ̃
"La béatification du cardinal a eu lieu ce matin."
Seligsprechung
Transliteration: zeːlɪçʃpʁɛçʊŋ
"Die Seligsprechung wurde im Vatikan gefeiert."
beatificazione
Transliteration: be-a-ti-fi-tʃa-tsjo-ne
"La cerimonia di beatificazione è stata seguita in tutto il mondo."
beatificación
Transliteration: be-a-ti-fi-ka-sjon
"El papa presidió la misa de beatificación en la plaza de San Pedro."
beatificação
Transliteration: be-a-ti-fi-ka-são
"A beatificação do padre atraiu milhares de fiéis."
धन्यीकरण
Transliteration: dhanyiyakaran
"यह समारोह उनके धन्यीकरण के लिए आयोजित किया गया था।"
宣福礼
Transliteration: xuān fú lǐ
"教皇主持了该修女的宣福礼。"
시복식
Transliteration: siboksik
"바티칸에서 순교자의 시복식이 거행되었습니다."
列福式
Transliteration: refukushiki
"ローマで新しい聖人の列福式が行われました。"
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