B E A' 



BE ATI A, in Ancient Geography, a town of Spain, in 

 Bztica, fouth-caft of Caftulo, and near k. 



BEATIFIC Vision. See Visiom. 



BEATIFICATION, in El^ariaty, a term ufed by pro- 

 fetTor Boze to denote an eleftrical e\penment, by which he 

 incircled the head of a pcrfon llrongly cledrilicd, and (land 



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ficiently beaten, they roll them up, and beat them over as 

 before. 



Bt-ating hemp is a puiiifhment inflifted on loofe and difor- 

 derly pcrlons. 



BtATiNC, in Booi-Bini/in^, denotes the knocking a book 

 in quires on a marble block, with a heavy broad-faced ham- 

 jug on a large cake of pitch, with a luminous j^lory, refembling mcr, after folding, and before binding or flitching. On 

 that with which painters ornament the heads of faints. The the beating of it properly, the elegance and excellence of 

 fecret of this experiment, which occafioned many frultlefs the binding, and the eafy opening of the book principally 

 and expenfive trials to the firil elcftricians in Europe, con- depend. 



fitted in the ufe of a fnit of armour decked with Reel, in Beatino, in the Pafi.-r Works, fignifies the beating of 

 various figures ; and the glory was produced by rays iffuing paper on a Hone with a heavy hammer with a large fmooth 

 from the edges of the helmet. head and Ihort handle, in order to render it more fmooth 



BEATiFiCATios,in the Romi(hC/!w6A, theaftby which and uniform, and tit for writing. 



the pope declares a perfm happv after death. Bkating ihe Wind, was a piaaice in ufe in the ancient 



Bcatilication differs from canonization ; in the former, the method of trial by combat. If either of the combatant^ 



pope does not ad as a judge in determining the ftate of the did not appear in the field at the time appointed, the other 



beatified, but only gnmts a priUlegc to certain ptrfons to was to beat the wind, or to make f<) many flourilhes with 



honour him by a particular religious w irfhip, without incur- 

 ring the penalty of fuuerititious worfhippevs ; but in canoni- 

 zation, the pope fpeaks as a judge, and determines " ex ca- 

 thfJra" upon the llate of the canonized. 



Beatification was introduced when it was thought pro- 

 per to delay the canonization of faints, for the greater af- 

 furaacc of the truth ajid mauifcltation of the rigorous fleps 

 taken in the procedure. 



The ceremony of beatification is a previous one to that board tacks. Sec 1'ackinc 



his weapon ; by which he was intitled to all the advantages 

 of a conqueror. Do Cange. 



Bi; atisg the Hands or Feet, by way of praife or appro- 

 bation. See Applause. 



Beating 'Time, in Mufic. See Battrf. la Mesure. 



Beating, in Navi^^ation, the operation of making a pro- 

 grefs at fca againil the wind, in a zigzag line or traverfe, 

 bv fteering alternately cloie-hauled on the larboard and ftar- 



of canonization ; and cannot be performed till 50 years 

 after the death of the p'irfou thus honoured. On this occa- 

 fuin, certificates or attellations of the charadcr and miracles 

 of the perfon for whom this honour is intended, are produced 

 and examined by the congregation of rites. An advocate, 

 called by the people the devil's advocate, is employed to 



Beating, Drubbing, or Stnpes, make one of the mod 

 ancient as well as univerfal Ip.'cies of punifhmcnt. Amonjr 

 the Romans it obtained, under the denomination of ver- 

 bcrarc, fujtigan; Jli:geUarr, pulfire, is'e. In the Eall it 

 ilill prevails under the name of bajloiiado. 



Some diffinguifh between pidjalkn and •verbcratinn, as if 



contell the claims of the candidate ; and it is the bnfinefs of the latter imported a beating with pain, the former without ; 



an advocate, engaged on the other fide, to obviate and re- 

 fute the cavils of the advcrfai-)'. As foon as the faint's claim 

 is conlirmed, he is admitted into all the privileges of beati- 

 fication by the pope's decree. His relics, if any fuch are 

 found, become henceforth entitled to the veneration of all 

 good Chriftians ; his images are crowned with rays, and a 

 particular office is fet apart for him ; and tlie day of his be- 

 atification is diftinguiilied by the grant of indulgences and 

 remiffion of fins. 



It is remarkable, that particular orders of monks affiime 

 to themfelvcs the power of beatification. Thus Oftavia 

 Melchiorica was beatilicd with extraordinary ceremonies by 

 the Dominicans, for a legacy of 7000 dollars to the order. 



BEATING, amon^; Sport/men, denotes the noife which 

 hares make in Ruaing-lmu. 



The hare is laid to beat, the hat-t to bell, 5cc. 

 Beating, Pulsation, in MediAne, is applied to the 

 recipr.ical agitation or palpitation of the heart and pulfe. 

 See Pulsation. 



Beatihg of tLe ffeari. See Palpitation. 



Beating f/as,or Hemp, is an operation in the drcfTing of but of Ister days rellrained to the pope, 

 rhefe matters, contrived to render them more foft and It appears to have been fometimes alfo given to lay- 

 pliant, men. 



When hemp has been fwingled a fecond time, and the BEATON, Beton, or Bethunf, T). w id, in B/ogrtiphy, 

 hurds laid by, they take the llrikes, and dividing them, into primate of Scotland, and cardinal of Rome, was dcicended 

 dozens and half dozens, make them up into large thick rolls, from a family originally of France, and the nephew of areh- 

 which being broached on long ftrikes, are fet in the chim- bifhop James Beaton, his predeceifor in the primacy. He 

 ney corner to dry ; after wliich they lay them in a round was born in 1494; and having palled through the ordinary 

 trough made for the purpofe, and there with beetles, beat difcipline of the fchools, and of the univerlity of St. An- 

 them well, till they handle, both without and within, as drew's, he was fent to France by his uncle, for the comple- 

 pliant as pofiible, without any hardncfs or roughnefs to be tion of his education. In the univerfity of Paris he ap- 

 felt : that done, they tuke them from the trough, open and plied with diligence to the ftudy of the civil and canon 

 divide l\i£ fthkcfi as before, and if any be found uot luf- laws, and alfo of divisity, ia order to qualify himfelf for tfie 



fervice 



but this diilinclion is not always obferved. 



Beating, in t!ie Enghih Z^tf. See Battfry. 



Beating in the Flunks, a diltemper to which black cattle 

 are fubjedl, and is an indication of a great inflammation in 

 the bowels. 



Beating, in Kujbandry. See Bup.ning of Land. 



BEATITUDL, imports the fupreme good, or the 

 his;hell degree of happinefs human nature is fufceptible 

 of. ' 



In wl'.ich f'enfe, it amounts to the fame with what we 

 otherwile called bhjpdnefs and fovrreign felicity ; by the 

 Greeks called su^Ki/^onfc ; and by the L.'dlmifiiminum boniini, 

 beatilitdo, and be.iti/cis. 



Beatitude, among Divines, denotes the beatific vifion, 

 or the fruitiim of God in a future life to all eternity. 



Beatitude is alfo iifcd in fpeaking of the t/nfes con- 

 tained in Chriil's fermon on the mount, whereby he pro- 

 nounces i/e/fd the poor in fpirit, thofe that n:ourn, the 

 meek, &c. 



Beatitude was alfo a tide anciently given to all bifliops ; 



