Canonization

The socio-cultural process by which particular works are selected, institutionalized, and stabilized as authoritative or exemplary within a defined literary, educational, religious, or cultural corpus (a canon); canonization is an ongoing, jurisdictional practice that depends on institutional endorsement, curricular adoption, reputation networks, and material practices (publishing, anthologizing,

A formalized communal or institutional procedure by which a religious community or its authorized body declares an individual to hold exemplary, sanctified, or officially sanctioned status, producing recognized liturgical, doctrinal, or administrative consequences within that community.