noun.
In the Roman Catholic Church, the act of enrolling a beatified person among the saints. See beatification.
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noun.
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.
noun.
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.
noun.
The state of being canonized or sainted.
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noun.
(Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church) the act of admitting a deceased person into the canon of saints
Word Usage
"Pope John Paul II has enjoyed one of the longer Papal reigns, and his canonization is a near certainty."