beatification

beatification
[bɪˌatɪfɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n]
noun
  1. [mass noun](in the Roman Catholic Church) declaration by the Pope that a dead person is in a state of bliss, constituting a first step towards canonization and permitting public veneration
    （罗马天主教）宣福（教皇昭告死者已得真福的宣言，此为死者获得封圣地位的第一步，并由此开始接受公众朝拜）
语源
  1. early 16th cent. (in the sense 'action of making blessed'): from Old French, from ecclesiastical Latin beatificatio(n-), from beatificare 'make blessed', from Latin beatus 'blessed'
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