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noun

  • A state of supreme happiness.
  • The action of rendering supremely blessed and extremely happy.
  • Roman Catholic Church. ( an act of the Pope who declares that a deceased person lived a holy life and is worthy of public veneration; a first step toward canonization).
by WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
(n.) The act of beatifying or the state of being beatified; especially, in the R. C. 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.
by Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary