A surname. / (Roman Catholicism, with definite article) The Canon of the Mass.

plural of canonical / The dress prescribed by canon to be worn by a clergyman when officiating.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of canonize

The degree to which something is canonical.

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

plural of canonization

present participle of canonize

(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.

(chiefly Roman Catholicism) To declare (a deceased person) as a saint, and enter them into the canon of saints. / (figuratively) To regard as a saint; to glorify, to exalt to the highest honour.