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   beatify

   /bɪˈatɪfʌɪ/

   verb

   • 1. (in the Roman Catholic Church) announce the beatification of: "he beatified Juan Diego, an Indian believed to have had a vision of the Virgin Mary in 1531"

   Word Origin mid 16th century (in the sense ‘make blessed or supremely happy’): from Old French beatifier or ecclesiastical Latin beatificare, from Latin beatus ‘blessed’.

   Scrabble Points: 15

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