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 | Concise Dictionary of Religion |  |
BEATIFICATION:
the practice of ROMAN CATHOLICISM to confer the title "Blessed" on a deceased person to permit VENERATION. Prior to the twelfth century any BISHOP could perform the rite but it is now the exclusive right of the POPE.
| Concise Dictionary of Religion | |