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CANONIZATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does canonization mean?
• CANONIZATION (noun)
The noun CANONIZATION has 1 sense:
1. (Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church) the act of admitting a deceased person into the canon of saints
Familiarity information: CANONIZATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church) the act of admitting a deceased person into the canon of saints
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
canonisation; canonization
Hypernyms ("canonization" is a kind of...):
sanctification (a religious ceremony in which something is made holy)
Domain category:
Church of Rome; Roman Catholic; Roman Catholic Church; Roman Church; Western Church (the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy)
Eastern Church; Eastern Orthodox; Eastern Orthodox Church; Orthodox Catholic Church; Orthodox Church (derived from the Byzantine Church and adhering to Byzantine rites)
Derivation:
canonize (declare (a dead person) to be a saint)
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