canonization
C2Գոյական/US /kˌænənəzˈeɪʃən/ kăn-ən-əz-ĀSH-ən; UK /kˌænənəzˈeɪʃən/ kăn-ən-əz-ĀSH-ən/
The final process or decree by which the name of a deceased person is placed in the catalogue of saints and commended to perpetual veneration and invocation.
