Be-ăt'i-fi-cā'tion, n.

n. [Fr. béatification.]

1. The act of beatifying, or of pronouncing or rendering happy; blessedness. “The beatification of his spirit.” Bp. Taylor.
2. (Rom. Cath. Church.) An act of the pope by which he declares a person beatified or blessed after death; the first step toward canonization, or the raising of one to the dignity of a saint. Milman.