- (n.) The state of being canonized or sainted.
- (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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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