canonisation

• 指官方册封某位已故者为圣人的行为，尤见于罗马天主教和东正教；也泛指将某人或某作品列入权威经典或正典的过程。

A noun referring to the official act, particularly in the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches, by which a deceased person is formally recognized as a saint and included in the canon of saints.

1. Admission into the canon of saintsC1formal

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

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   • The canonisation of Mother Teresa took place in 2016.
   • The process of canonisation often takes many years.
   • Pope Francis presided over the canonisation ceremony.

   同义词canonizationglorification