Beatification
Beatification (be*at`i*fi*kā"shun) , noun
[Compare French béatification.]
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.
The beatification of his spirit.