📖 Definitions of "Beatifying"
verb
- 1
To make blissful.
- 2
To pronounce or regard as happy, or supremely blessed, or as conferring happiness.
- 3
To carry out the third of four steps in canonization, making someone a blessed.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Beatifying"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| canonizeverb | (chiefly Roman Catholicism) To declare (a deceased person) as a saint, and enter them into the canon of saints. |
| saintnoun | (religion, generally) A deceased person whom a church or another religious group has officially recognised as especially holy or godly; one eminent for piety and virtue. |
| apostolic | (Christianity) Pertaining to apostles or their practice or teaching; pertaining to the apostles (of early Christianity) or their teachings. |
| ascetical | ascetic |
| conciliar | (formal, uncommon) Of or pertaining to a council, especially an ecclesiastical council. |
| eucharistic | (Christianity) Pertaining to the Eucharist. |
| pontifical | Of or pertaining to a pope; papal. |
| papal | Having to do with the pope or the papacy. |
| cardinal | Describing a “natural” number used to indicate quantity (e.g., zero, one, two, three), as opposed to an ordinal number indicating relative position. |
| tridentine | (Catholicism) Pertaining to the form of Mass promulgated at the Council of Trent, often called the Tridentine Mass. |
| patristic | Of or pertaining to the fathers of the early Christian church, especially their writings. |
| penitential | Pertaining to penance or penitence. |
| christocentric | (Christianity) Concentrating on the teaching of Jesus Christ. |
| curial | Pertaining to a court; courtly. |
| mithraic | Of or relating to Mithraism. |
| synodal | synodic; relating to a synod |
| encyclical | Intended for general circulation. |
| liturgical | Pertaining to liturgy. |
| ecumenical | (ecclesiastical) Pertaining to the universal Church, representing the entire Christian world; interdenominational; sometimes by extension, interreligious. |
| augustinian | Of, or relating to St Augustine of Hippo or his doctrines, especially on predestination and grace. |
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