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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CANONIZATION

n.[See Canonize. ] 1. The act of declaring a man a saint, or rather the act of ranking a deceased person in the catalogue of saints, called a canon. This act is preceded by beatification, and by an examination into the life and miracles of the person; after which the Pope decrees the canonization.
2. The state of being sainted.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CANONIZATION

Can `on *i *za "tion, n. Etym: [F. canonisation. ]

1. (R. C. Ch. )

Defn: 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. Canonization of saints was not known to the Christian church titl toward the middle of the tenth century. Hoock.

2. The state of being canonized or sainted.