Canonicate
(Ca*non"i*cate) n. [LL. canonucatus canonical: cf. F. canonicat.] The office of a canon; a
canonry.
Canonicity
(Can`on*ic"i*ty) n. [Cf. F. canonicité.] The state or quality of being canonical; agreement
with the canon.
Canonist
(Can"on*ist), n. [Cf. F. canoniste.] A professor of canon law; one skilled in the knowledge
and practice of ecclesiastical law. South.
Canonistic
(Can`on*is"tic) a. Of or pertaining to a canonist. "This canonistic exposition." Milton.
Canonization
(Can`on*i*za"tion) n. [F. canonisation.]
1. (R. C. Ch.) 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.
Canonization of saints was not known to the Christian church titl toward the middle of the tenth century.
Hoock.
2. The state of being canonized or sainted.