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