ALL meanings of canonization
can·on·ize
C c - noun canonization 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. 1
- noun canonization declaring sb a saint 1
- noun canonization reverent treatment 1
- verb with object canonization Ecclesiastical. to place in the canon of saints. 1
- verb with object canonization to glorify. 1
- verb with object canonization to make canonical; place or include within a canon, especially of scriptural works: They canonized the Song of Solomon after much controversy. 1
- verb with object canonization to consider or treat as sacrosanct or holy: They canonized his many verbal foibles and made them gospel. 1
- verb with object canonization to sanction or approve authoritatively, especially ecclesiastically. 1
- verb with object canonization Archaic. to deify. 1
- noun canonization The state of being canonized or sainted. 0