beatified
vt. 宣佈…已升入真福品位(beatify的過去式與過去分詞形式)
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,教皇約翰·保羅將為吉安娜·貝雷塔行宣福禮。
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年被行宣福禮.但至今還未被梵蒂岡評為聖徒.