Bible Dictionaries
Canonization

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(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.

(2):

(n.) The state of being canonized or sainted.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Canonization'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/canonization.html. 1828.