(Christianity) The final process or decree (following beatification) by which the name of a deceased person is placed in the catalogue (canon) of saints and commended to perpetual veneration and invocation.

plural of canonization

Made part of the canon; made official. / (Christianity) In the Roman Catholic Church, officially declared a saint.

simple past tense and past participle of canonize

A clergy member serving a cathedral or collegiate church. / A canon regular, a member of any of several Roman Catholic religious orders.

A generally accepted principle; a rule. / a formally codified set of criteria deemed mandatory for a particular artistic style of figurative art.

Alternative spelling of qanun

(obsolete, now a misspelling) Alternative spelling of cannon (“weapon”) / Alternative spelling of cannon (“a carom in billiards”)

In a canonical manner.

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