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1. (Roman Catholicism) proclaimed one of the blessed and thus worthy of veneration
   "On Sunday, the martyr will be beatified by the Vatican";
   - blessed

1. Fill with sublime emotion
   "He was beatified by his phenomenal success";
   - exhilarate, tickle pink, inebriate, thrill, exalt
    
2. Make blessedly happy
    
3. Declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood
   "On Sunday, the martyr will be beatified by the Vatican"

See also: holy

Type of: adjudge, declare, elate, hold, intoxicate, lift up, pick up, uplift

Encyclopedia: Beatified