Beater

One who beats or strikes. -An implement in plastering, used by laborers for tempering or incorporating the lime, sand, and hair together, when making mortar. Beatific, Beatifical, ( be -a- tif'ik ,) a. [Fr. béat i fique ; Lat. beatus , happy or ble ed, and facio , to make.] That has the power to make happy or ble ed. "Than aught divine or holy else enjoy'd In vision beatific." - Milton. Beatifically, ( be -a- tif'ik -al-li,) adv. In such a man- ner as to perfect happine . Beatification, ( be -a- tif'i - ka's hon ,) n. A making happy or ble ed; act of beatifying; as, "The beatification of his spirit." - Bishop Taylor . (Theol.) An act by which the Pope permits a Servus Dei , i. e, an individual who died in good repute as a virtuous and holy man, to be worshipped, and his image to be placed on the altar within the limits of some diocese, province, or town, or within the houses of the religious order to which the deceased belonged; defining at the same time the peculiar mode of worship allowed, by prayers, ma es, ., until the time when he may be duly canonized as a saint. The distinction between beatification and canonization is this: the first is a mere permi ion to honor and worship in some particular district, and the object of this veneration is styled Beatus ; canonization is an injunction to venerate the object of it as a saint, Sanctus , acknowledged by the whole Church. Originally, it was the bishop of the diocese who allowed the veneration or worship of deceased individuals whom he deemed worthy of it, and when the worship extended to other dioceses, and by degrees to the Church in general, " with the consent, tacit or expre ed, of the supreme pontiff," then the worship, which was before that of simple beatification, acquired the character of canonization. But when, in after-times, the question both of beatification and canonization was referred to the Roman See, the pontiffs, in granting the first, always made the distinction: "dummodo propter præmi a canonizatus, aut canonizata, non censeatur." (Benedict i XIV., Opera, vol. i. de Servorum Dei Beatific at i one .) In the same chapter, Benedict XIV. determines the regulations as to the proceedings, evidence, ., to be gone through previous to granting the writ of beatification. It may be granted to two cla es of individuals, martyrs and confe ors. After beatification has been obtained, a new suit and fresh evidence of sanctity are required in order to obtain the canonization of the same individual, and a particular office is set apart for him. The ceremony of canonization is very expensive, and therefore is not performed very frequently. It is only since the pontificate of Alexander VII. that the ceremony of beatification has been performed in St. Peter's church, with great solem and the fever of the world Ben Jonsen. Have hung upon the beatings of my heart." - Words worth. ( Naut .) In navigation, the manœuvre of sailing against the wind by tacking, or making tacks, in a zigzag direction; as, beating up a river. (Mus.) See BEATINGS. - Beating time , that motion of the hand or foot used by performers themselves, or some person presiding over the concert, to specify, mark, and regulate the measure of the movements. If the time be common or equal, the beating is also equal; as, down, left, up, right, or one down and one up; if the time be triple or unequal, the beating is also unequal; as, down, left, up, .