Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
beatification is a noun meaning "a state of supreme happiness". It carries 3 recorded senses.
a state of supreme happiness
the action of rendering supremely blessed and extremely happy
(Roman Catholic Church) an act of the Pope who declares that a deceased person lived a holy life and is worthy of public veneration; a first step toward canonization
Roman Catholic
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for beatification come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.