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Meanings of canonization in English
Act by which Churches declare that a person who has died was a saint.
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Examples for "canonisation"
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It means she has passed the second of four steps to canonisation.
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A second miracle is required after beatification for canonisation, or official sainthood.
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But he died two years before the actual publication of her canonisation.
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For them, John Paul II's canonisation is a slap in the face.
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The canonisation ceremony is likely to take place later this year.
Usage of canonization in English
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After his death, which took place in 1662, he received official canonization.
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It is anthropomorphism, not canonization, that befits its temper and its lure.
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This was interpreted as a miracle, leading to her canonization 500 years later.
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The widespread canonization of the document has come in the last few generations.
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Several are recorded in the bull of his canonization, published by Clement VIII.
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The real canonization of Israel's laws had, however, begun much earlier.
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But these have always held a very secondary place in canonization.
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Bullfights accompany canonization ceremonies and are often got up by convents.
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His Holiness invites us to New Rome for the canonization.
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The deification of heroes changed into the canonization of saints.
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On July 17th of the same year, the day after the canonization, Gregory IX.
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The beatification of a saint is generally considered as a preliminary to his canonization.
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There are three stages to canonization in the Catholic Church.
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Becket, who was regarded as a martyr, soon received canonization.
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This king, whose Christian virtues led to his canonization, distinguished himself as an administrator.
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In the second place, the Roman Catholic canonization was the same as the pagan apotheosis.
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