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Beatification
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) The act of beatifying, or the state of being beatified; esp., in the R. C. Church, the act or process of ascertaining and declaring that a deceased person is one of "the blessed," or has attained the second degree of sanctity, - usually a stage in the process of canonization.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Beatification'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/b/beatification.html. 1828.