canonization
n. 正式宣布为圣徒; 追封为圣者,承认为圣典
If a dead person is canonized, it is officially announced by the Catholic Church that he or she is a saint.
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。
1. (Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church) the act of admitting a deceased person into the canon of saints