canonization
Meaning
- (countable, uncountable) The final process or decree (following beatification) by which the name of a deceased person is placed in the catalogue (canon) of saints and commended to perpetual veneration and invocation.
- (countable, uncountable) The state of being canonized or sainted.
- (countable, uncountable) Introduction into a canon of artistic or literary works.
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Etymology
From canonize + -ation.
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