beatification

noun
/biˌætɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/UK

Etymology

From Middle French béatification, from Medieval Latin beātificātiō.

  1. derived from beātificātiō
  2. derived from béatification

Definitions

  1. The act of beatifying, or the state of being beatified

    The act of beatifying, or the state of being beatified; especially, in the Roman Catholic 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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at beatification. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at beatification. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at beatification

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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