beatify
verb- beatify somebody
(of the Pope )教皇 to give a dead person a special honour by stating officially that he/she is very holy compare bless, canonizeTopics Religion and festivalsc2为(逝者)行宣福礼 Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘make blessed or supremely happy’): from Old French beatifier or ecclesiastical Latin beatificare, from Latin beatus ‘blessed’.