Associations to the word «Canonization»

Wiktionary

CANONIZATION, 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.
CANONIZATION, noun. The state of being canonized or sainted.

Dictionary definition

CANONIZATION, noun. (Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church) the act of admitting a deceased person into the canon of saints.

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke