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

canonization \can`oniza"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

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

canonization
     n : roman catholic and eastern orthodox church the act of
         admitting a deceased person into the canon of saints
         syn: canonisation
see also:
canonisation 

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