canonization

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The methods for affirming this miracle are the same as those followed in Stage II. Canonization allows for public veneration by all faithful within the Roman Catholic Church.

From Washington Times • Dec. 2, 2017

Canonization requires a second miracle, although the pope may waive some of these requirements.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 27, 2012

Canonization of saints is a Roman Catholic practice that for Protestants was swept away with the Reformation.

From Time Magazine Archive

A. Beatification limits the honor to be given to the beatified by restricting it to certain places or persons; whereas Canonization is the highest honor and permits all to venerate the Saint everywhere.

From Baltimore Catechism, No. 3 by Anonymous

Call quickly together the whole tribe of Canters,   Convoke all the serious Tag-rag of the nation; Bring Shakers and Snufflers and Jumpers and Ranters   To witness their Butterworth's Canonization!

From The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes by Rossetti, William Michael