\Can`on*i*za"tion\, n. [F. canonisation.]
1. (R. C. Ch.) The final process or decree (following
   beatifacation) by which the name of a deceased person is
   placed in the catalogue (canon) of saints and commended to
   perpetual veneration and invocation.
         Canonization of saints was not known to the
         Christian church titl toward the middle of the tenth
         century.                              --Hoock.
2. The state of being canonized or sainted.