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Veneration vs Beatification - What's the difference?

veneration | beatification |

As nouns the difference between veneration and beatification

is that veneration is veneration while beatification is 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.

veneration

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of venerating or the state of being venerated.
  • (senseid)Profound reverence, respect or awe.
  • * 1848 , , Vanity Fair , Bradbury and Evans, page 2:
    • In Miss Jemima's eyes an autograph letter of her sister, Miss Pinkerton, was an object of as deep veneration as would have been a letter from a sovereign.
  • Religious zeal, idolatry or devotion.

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    beatification

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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.