Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun beatification

3 senses of beatification

Sense 1
blessedness, beatitude, beatification -- (a state of supreme happiness)
       => happiness, felicity -- (state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy)

Sense 2
beatification -- (the action of rendering supremely blessed and extremely happy)
       => action -- (something done (usually as opposed to something said); "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions")

Sense 3
beatification -- ((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)
       => sanctification -- (a religious ceremony in which something is made holy)