The act of removing the canonical status or religious authority from someone or something.
From 'dis-' plus 'canonization' (the process of declaring a saint), from Latin 'canon.' This technical religious term emerged in Catholic theological discourse.
While canonization (making someone a saint) is famous, discanonization barely exists in practice—the Catholic Church almost never reverses saint declarations, so this word remains mostly theoretical.
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