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canonization (iou)



canonization noun. Also canonisation. LME.
[medieval Latin canonizatio(n-), from canonizat- pa. ppl stem of canonizare: see CANONIZE, -ATION. Cf. Old & mod. French canonisation.]
The action or an act of canonizing; esp. formal admission to the canon of saints.