canonization > define

noun

• Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church. ( the act of admitting a deceased person into the canon of saints).
  • synonyms: canonisation

• (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.