beatified
vt. 宣布…已升入真福品位(beatify的过去式与过去分词形式)
When the Catholic church beatifies someone who is dead, it declares officially that they were a holy person, usually as the first step towards making them a saint.
In May, Pope John Paul is to beatify Gianna Beretta.
5月,教皇约翰·保罗将为吉安娜·贝雷塔行宣福礼。
1. Roman Catholic; proclaimed one of the blessed and thus worthy of veneration
Mother Teresa was beatified in 2003 but not yet been canonized by the Vatican.
德雷莎修女在2003年被行宣福礼.但至今还未被梵蒂冈评为圣徒.