Found 2 items, similar to Canonization.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: canonization canonization n : (Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church) the act of admitting a deceased person into the canon of saints [syn: canonisation]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Canonization Canonization \Can`on*i*za"tion\, n. [F. canonisation.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Canonization of saints was not known to the Christian church titl toward the middle of the tenth century. --Hoock. [1913 Webster] 2. The state of being canonized or sainted. [1913 Webster]