Synonyms for canonization
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1. canonization, canonisationnoun

   (Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church) the act of admitting a deceased person into the canon of saints

   Synonyms:
   canonisation

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1. • Roman Catholic
   • Sanctification

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1. Pope Francis:

   I would like to go to California for the canonization of Junipero, but I think there is the problem of time. It requires two more days.

2. Harriet Beecher Stowe:

   To be really great in little things, to be truly noble and heroic in the insipid details of everyday life, is a virtue so rare as to be worthy of canonization.

3. Archbishop Jose Gomez:

   But this canonization is more than an ethnic event or a religious event. The Pope is calling all of us in America to reflect on our history and our nation's Hispanic and Catholic heritage and our legacy as a nation of immigrants, for me, this is probably the most important dimension of the Pope's visit.

4. Corrina Gould:

   I am totally against the canonization of Serra, serra came up here with the intention of wiping out the people, whether he thought he was going to do that through disease or through Christianity, it happened.