Looking for the meaning of the word CANONISATION in English for both noun and verb forms from the Oxford Dictionary? Below, you can explore all possible meanings and definitions of CANONISATION with sentence examples. You can also use the “AUDIO PRONUNCIATION” track to check the correct pronunciation in British English.
Word: Canonization
Speech Type: Noun
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
kanənʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n
Dialects: British English
Definition:
(in the Roman Catholic Church) the official admission of a dead person into sainthood
Short Definition:official admission of dead person into sainthood
Examples:- many parishioners wanted to attend church specifically to honour the canonization of Mother Teresa
Definition:
admission into a canon of literary or artistic works
Short Definition:admission into literary or artistic canon
Examples:- Joyce saw all that was wrong with literary canonization long before it happened to him
- this swift canonization indicates the extent to which critics felt that the film was a revolutionary work in the history of cinema
Variant Forms:
- canonisation
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