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Canonization

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.

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Sanctification 76% connected

The act of sanctifying or making holy; the state of being sanctified or made holy;

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Canonize 74% connected

To declare (a deceased person) a saint; to put in the catalogue of saints; as, Thomas a Becket was canonized.

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To declare (a deceased person) a saint; to put in the catalogue of saints; as, Thomas a Becket was canonized.

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Appellative noun · 78% connection

A common name, in distinction from a proper name. A common name, or appellative, stands for a whole class, genus, or species of beings…

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Arret noun · 78% connection

A judgment, decision, or decree of a court or high tribunal; also, a decree of a sovereign.

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Beadroll noun · 78% connection

A catalogue of persons, for the rest of whose souls a certain number of prayers are to be said or counted off on the beads of a chaple…

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Beatify verb · 78% connection

To ascertain and declare, by a public process and decree, that a deceased person is one of "the blessed" and is to be reverenced as su…

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Cannonical adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to a canon; established by, or according to a , canon or canons.

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Canon noun · 78% connection

A catalogue of saints acknowledged and canonized in the Roman Catholic Church.

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Catalogize verb · 78% connection

To insert in a catalogue; to register; to catalogue.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: final, decree, following, beatifacation, name.
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Catalogue verb · 78% connection

To make a list or catalogue; to insert in a catalogue.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: final, decree, following, beatifacation, name.
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Commendable adjective · 78% connection

Worthy of being commended or praised; laudable; praiseworthy.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: final, decree, following, beatifacation, name.
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Commendam noun · 78% connection

A vacant living or benefice commended to a cleric (usually a bishop) who enjoyed the revenue until a pastor was provided. A living so…

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Decree verb · 78% connection

To determine judicially by authority, or by decree; to constitute by edict; to appoint by decree or law; to determine; to order; to or…

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Decretal adjective · 78% connection

An authoritative order or decree; especially, a letter of the pope, determining some point or question in ecclesiastical law. The decr…

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Diptych noun · 78% connection

A double catalogue, containing in one part the names of living, and in the other of deceased, ecclesiastics and benefactors of the chu…

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Elison noun · 78% connection

The cutting off or suppression of a vowel or syllable, for the sake of meter or euphony; esp., in poetry, the dropping of a final vowe…

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Enroll noun · 78% connection

To insert in a roil; to register or enter in a list or catalogue or on rolls of court; hence, to record; to insert in records; to leav…

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Enter verb · 78% connection

To inscribe; to enroll; to record; as, to enter a name, or a date, in a book, or a book in a catalogue; to enter the particulars of a…

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Final adjective · 78% connection

Conclusive; decisive; as, a final judgment; the battle of Waterloo brought the contest to a final issue.

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Finality noun · 78% connection

The state of being final, finished, or complete; a final or conclusive arrangement; a settlement.

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