canonization
Declaring someone holy
Canonization is the formal process by which a religious authority, especially the Catholic Church, declares a deceased person a saint.
The process involves investigating the candidate's life, virtues, and attributed miracles.
More broadly, canonization refers to elevating anything to official or revered status: the canonization of certain texts as literary classics, His canonization by fans came only after his death.
Declaring someone among blessed
- miraclesSupernatural extraordinary events
- relicsPreserved items from antiquity
- intercessionActing on another's behalf
- martyrdomSuffering for conviction
shrines · pilgrimage · patron saint · veneration · devotion · holy orders · apostles · hagiography
Quality of being inviolable
- pietySincere religious devotion
- virtueMoral goodness or merit
- righteousnessMoral correctness or virtue
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
blessedness · spirituality · chastity · asceticism · humility · purity · godliness · reverence
Formal moving line
- liturgyFormal worship structure
- incenseAnger greatly, or aromatic resin
- vestmentsCeremonial religious attire
- cathedralBishop's principal church
St. Peter's · mass · pontifical · altar · chalice · bishop · hymns · choir
Offering of respect
- recognitionPerceiving something as known
- glorificationElevating praise or worship
- exaltationIntense joyful elevation
- elevationHeight above reference point
prestige · distinction · homage · praise · esteem · commemoration · celebration · legacy
Pope's office and authority
- VaticanPapal city-state
- conclavePrivate, secretive assembly
- pontiffSupreme Catholic leader
- doctrineEstablished body of teachings
apostolic · papal decree · bishop · clergy · Holy See · curia · cardinal · encyclical
Works of lasting value
- literary traditionInherited body of texts
- inclusionBeing made part
- curriculumEducational program's content plan
- anthologyCollected literary works volume
masterwork · established · authoritative · foundational · accepted · standard · influential · enduring
Organizing rules into system
- formalizationProcess of making rigorous
- institutionalizationEstablishing as norm or standard
- legitimizationFormal recognition as valid
- authorizationFormal permission granted
establishment · ratification · normalization · acceptance · adoption · validation
beatification
Declaring someone among blessed
- miraclesSupernatural extraordinary events
- relicsPreserved items from antiquity
- intercessionActing on another's behalf
martyrdom · shrines · pilgrimage · patron saint · veneration · devotion · holy orders · apostles · hagiography · incorruptibility
sanctity
Quality of being inviolable
- pietySincere religious devotion
- virtueMoral goodness or merit
- righteousnessMoral correctness or virtue
grace · blessedness · spirituality · chastity · asceticism · humility · purity · godliness · reverence · faithfulness
procession
Formal moving line
- liturgyFormal worship structure
- incenseAnger greatly, or aromatic resin
- vestmentsCeremonial religious attire
cathedral · St. Peter's · mass · pontifical · altar · chalice · bishop · hymns · choir · papal
tribute
Offering of respect
- recognitionPerceiving something as known
- glorificationElevating praise or worship
- exaltationIntense joyful elevation
elevation · prestige · distinction · homage · praise · esteem · commemoration · celebration · legacy · immortalization
papacy
Pope's office and authority
doctrine · apostolic · papal decree · bishop · clergy · Holy See · curia · cardinal · encyclical · consistory
classics
Works of lasting value
- literary traditionInherited body of texts
- inclusionBeing made part
- curriculumEducational program's content plan
anthology · masterwork · established · authoritative · foundational · accepted · standard · influential · enduring
codification
Organizing rules into system
- formalizationProcess of making rigorous
- institutionalizationEstablishing as norm or standard
- legitimizationFormal recognition as valid
authorization · establishment · ratification · normalization · acceptance · adoption · validation
- Catholic ChurchVatican, papacy, cardinals, popes, papal
- CatholicismVatican, cardinals, pope, Holy Communion, popes
- religionChristianity, Islam, beliefs, Judaism, Hinduism
- SaintsSaint Patrick, Saint Nicholas, Saint Valentine, Saint George, Saint Peter
- Catholic figurescardinals, archbishops, abbots, bishops, friars
- Catholic historypapacy, Vatican, Pope, dioceses, Catholic Church
canonizationexcommunication
Formal barring from sacraments
defrocking · damnation · apostasy · heresy · anathema
canonizationcondemnation
Severe disapproval expressed formally
vilification · demonization · denunciation · shame · disgrace
canonizationdesecration
Violating something sacred
profanation · defilement · sacrilege · blasphemy · violation