Usually means: Formal declaration of sainthood status.
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(Note: See canonize as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (canonization)

noun:  (Christianity) The final process or decree (following beatification) by which the name of a deceased person is placed in the catalogue (canon) of saints and commended to perpetual veneration and invocation.
noun:  The state of being canonized or sainted.
noun:  Introduction into a canon of artistic or literary works.

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