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. [ 1913 Webster ]
Canonization of saints was not known to the Christian church titl toward the middle of the tenth century. Hoock. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. The state of being canonized or sainted. [ 1913 Webster ]