canonization

canonization has 3 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 12.

Definitions

• n.. 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.
• n.. The state of being canonized or sainted.
• n.. (Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church) the act of admitting a deceased person into the canon of saints