beatification

See also: béatification

English

Etymology

From Middle French béatification, from Medieval Latin beātificātiō.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /biˌætɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

beatification (countable and uncountable, plural beatifications)

1. The act of beatifying, or the state of being beatified; especially, in the Roman Catholic Church, the act or process of ascertaining and declaring that a deceased person is one of "the blessed," or has attained the second degree of sanctity, — usually a stage in the process of canonization.

Translations

the act of beatifying

• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} تَطْوِيب m (taṭwīb)
• Catalan: beatificació f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 宣福禮／宣福礼 (xuānfúlǐ)

• Czech: blahořečení n
• Danish: saligkåring c
• Finnish: autuaaksijulistaminen
• French: béatification (fr) f
• Galician: beatificación (gl) f
• German: Seligsprechung (de) f
• Greek: οσιοποίηση (el) f (osiopoíisi)
• Hungarian: boldoggá avatás (hu)
• Irish: beannú m
• Japanese: 列福 (reppuku)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: saligkåring m or f

  Nynorsk: saligkåring f

• Polish: beatyfikacja (pl) f
• Portuguese: beatificação (pt) f
• Spanish: beatificación (es) f
• Swedish: saligförklaring
• Tagalog: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: беатифіка́ція f (beatyfikácija)