Canonization

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Canonization \Can`on*i*za"tion\, n. [F. canonisation.]
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     1. (R. C. Ch.) The final process or decree (following
        beatifacation) by which the name of a deceased person is
        placed in the catalogue (canon) of saints and commended to
        perpetual veneration and invocation.


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              Canonization of saints was not known to the
              Christian church titl toward the middle of the tenth
              century.                              --Hoock.
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     2. The state of being canonized or sainted.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  canonization
       n : (Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church) the act of
           admitting a deceased person into the canon of saints
           [syn: {canonisation}]