To: Jake_the_Snake_Roberts
"Beatification is the penultimate step before sainthood."
BBC, go stand in the corner!
Beatification is the *ultimate* step *before* sainthood.
To: John Beresford Tipton
In a sense, both statements are true...
7 posted on
12/21/2003 1:47:27 PM PST by
gorush
To: John Beresford Tipton
pe·nul·ti·mate ( P ) Pronunciation Key (p-nlt-mt)
adj.
Next to last.
Linguistics. Of or relating to the penult of a word: penultimate stress.
n.
The next to the last.
It is a word and they used it correctly.
8 posted on
12/21/2003 1:49:23 PM PST by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Prancer II: Pass the Mashed Potatoes and Gravy. - Delicious! A Holiday Movie for the whole family!)
To: John Beresford Tipton
Beatification is the penultimate step in the canonization process. There it is fixed. First Dan Rather, now the BBC. You have been blogged--bow down.
27 posted on
09/28/2004 4:54:31 PM PDT by
briant
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