Canonization Definition

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.

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The state of being canonized or sainted.

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Synonyms:
  • canonisation

Other Word Forms of Canonization

Noun

Singular:
canonization
Plural:
canonizations

Canonization Sentence Examples

  • His canonization drew from Luther a violent brochure "against the new false god and old devil, who is to be lifted up at Meissen."

  • He took the first steps towards the canonization of Queen Margaret of Scotland, and sent missionaries under Portuguese auspices to the Congo.

  • Even the clergy were by no means altogether on Innocent's side; the council of Lyons was attended by but 150 bishops, mainly French and Spanish, and the deputation from England, headed by Robert Grossetete of Lincoln and Roger Bigod, came mainly in order to obtain the canonization of Edmund of Canterbury and to protest against papal exactions.

  • In the early Church there was no formal canonization.

  • Gradually the canonization of saints came to be included in the centralizing movement which reserved to the pope the most important acts of ecclesiastical power.

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Words Starting With

CCACAN

Words Ending With

NONION

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canonization

Words Starting With C and Ending With N

Starts With C & Ends With NStarts With CA & Ends With NStarts With C & Ends With ON

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12 Letter Words12 Letter Words Starting With C12 Letter Words Ending With N