canonization是什么意思？

canonization

英[ˌkænənaɪ'zeɪʃn] 美[ˌkænənaɪ'zeɪʃn]

• n. 正式宣布为圣徒，追封为圣者，承认为圣典；

动词：canonize;

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  (在天主教中）封（死者）为圣徒,封圣
  If a dead person is canonized, it is officially announced by the Catholic Church that he or she is a saint.
  例句
  Joan of Arc was finally canonized by Pope Benedict XV in 1920. 圣女贞德终于在1920年由教皇本尼狄克十五世封为圣徒。

英英词典释义

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