beatifying
Making officially holy
Beatifying is declaring someone blessed—specifically, the Catholic Church's formal recognition that a deceased person lived a holy life and may be venerated.
Beatification is typically a step toward canonization as a saint.
The word extends figuratively to any act of glorifying or making blissful: The sunset had a beatifying effect on the landscape.
Excessive admiration of someone
- adoringShowing deep affection
- exaltingElevating in status
- glorifyingPraising to excess
- reveringRegarding with deep respect
praising · honoring · venerating · extolling · lauding · acclaiming · elevating · enshrining
Official declaration of sainthood
- sainthoodState of being canonized
- blessedReceiving divine favor
- venerableDeserving honor for dignity
- martyrdomSuffering for conviction
papal · Vatican · congregation · postulation · relics · miracles · decree · cause
Making someone or something sacred
- holinessSacred spiritual purity
- consecrationDedicating to sacred purpose
- sacrednessQuality of being holy
- pietySincere religious devotion
divinity · devotion · veneration · glorification · reverence · worship · altar · incense
idolizing
Excessive admiration of someone
- adoringShowing deep affection
- exaltingElevating in status
- glorifyingPraising to excess
revering · praising · honoring · venerating · extolling · lauding · acclaiming · elevating · enshrining · deifying
canonization
Official declaration of sainthood
martyrdom · papal · Vatican · congregation · postulation · relics · miracles · decree · cause · diocese
sanctification
Making someone or something sacred
- holinessSacred spiritual purity
- consecrationDedicating to sacred purpose
- sacrednessQuality of being holy
piety · divinity · devotion · veneration · glorification · reverence · worship · altar · incense · prayers
halo
Luminous ring overhead
angelic · glorious · transcendent · ethereal · seraphic · cherubic · radiant · luminous · celestial · sacred
- glorificationglorifying, glorification, exalting, exaltation, idolizing
- Noble Qualitieshonor, courage, integrity, virtue, kindness
beatifyingdamning
Proving guilt conclusively
condemning · excommunicating · demonizing · cursing · vilifying
beatifyingvilifying
Maliciously disparaging someone
demonizing · condemning · denouncing · execrating · reviling
beatifyingtormenting
Causing severe distress
agonizing · distressing · afflicting · mortifying · grieving
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