canonization

indénombrable

A noun referring to the official act by which a deceased person is declared a saint in the Roman Catholic or Eastern Orthodox Church.

• 🇫🇷Nom désignant l'acte officiel par lequel une personne décédée est déclarée sainte dans l'Église catholique romaine ou orthodoxe orientale.

1. Official recognition as a saint C1 formal

   The formal process by which the Roman Catholic or Eastern Orthodox Church declares a deceased person to be a saint.

   • The canonization of Mother Teresa took place in 2016.
   • The church held a special ceremony for the canonization of the new saint.
   • Canonization requires evidence of miracles attributed to the person.

   🇫🇷Canonisation

   Synonymes: glorification

   Antonymes: condemnationdamnationexcommunication

• canonizations plural form
• canonizations' possessive plural form
• canonization's possessive singular form