beatifies

Grants sainthood preliminarily

Beatifies means declares blessed, specifically in the Roman Catholic Church where it designates the second step toward sainthood.

A pope beatifies a deceased person after verifying miracles attributed to their intercession: Pope John Paul II beatified Mother Teresa in 2003.

More loosely, to beatify is to make supremely happy or to regard as blessed: The morning light beatified the ordinary kitchen.

canonization

canonize

Formally declare sainthood

sainthoodState of being canonized
canonizationOfficial declaration of sainthood
venerationProfound admiring respect

miracles · relics · martyrdom · blessed · hallow · sacralize · pilgrimage · shrine · apostles · pontiff

glorification

glorify

Praise to excess

exaltPraise with great intensity
venerateHonor with deep respect
revereDeeply respect and admire

honor · praise · worship · adore · esteem · elevate · enshrine · immortalize · celebrate · extol

spiritual

heavenly

Divinely pleasant or blissful

divineOf or from gods
sacredWorthy of reverence
angelicDivinely pure and good

seraphic · celestial · transcendent · haloed · paradisiacal · ethereal · sublime · mystical · luminous · radiant

Opposites

religious status elevation

beatifiesdamns

Condemns to perdition

condemns · excommunicates · curses · defrocks · reprobates

praise vs. condemnation

beatifiesvilifies

Harshly criticizes reputation

demonizes · denounces · excoriates · reviles · defames

degree of sanctification

beatifiescanonizes

Declares someone a saint

Family

beatific, beatification, beatified

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