canonization
Official enrollment of a dead person as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church.
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How to use canonization in a sentence
Her canonization was finalized in 1946, with the Vatican declaring her Patroness of Immigrants in 1950.
On the eve of the double-barreled canonization, the skies over Rome boomed with thunder and poured with rain.
Onscene as Pope Francis Makes Saints of John Paul II and John XXIII | Barbie Latza Nadeau | April 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe double canonization may not be good for some Catholics, but no one can argue that it is not good for business.
The Seedy Side of Sainthood: Was John Paul II Canonized Too Fast? | Barbie Latza Nadeau | April 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut De Niro gets as many mulligans as he wants on the path to canonization.
The canonization of saints proceeds very slowly in the modern Church.
The Jesuits, 1534-1921 | Thomas J. Campbell
That part of the Bull of canonization serves as so apt a commentary on Alexander's words that we quote it in full.
Saint Bonaventure | Rev. Fr. Laurence Costelloe, O.F.M.This incident must be regarded as quite authentic, for reference is made to it in the process of our Saint's canonization.
Saint Bonaventure | Rev. Fr. Laurence Costelloe, O.F.M.The movement, already on foot, to obtain his canonization received thereby a new and powerful impetus.
Saint Bonaventure | Rev. Fr. Laurence Costelloe, O.F.M.The result this time was satisfactory, and the Pontiff felt himself bound to proceed with the canonization.
Saint Bonaventure | Rev. Fr. Laurence Costelloe, O.F.M.
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