正せい典てん化か

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

canonization (textual)

Refers to the process by which a text or set of texts is recognized as authoritative or canonical, often in religious, literary, or academic contexts.

• 聖せい書しょの正せい典てん化かは数すう世せい紀きにわたって進すすめられた。

  The canonization of the Bible proceeded over several centuries.

• この作さく品ひんが文ぶん学がくの正せい典てん化かを果はたしたのは近きん年ねんのことだ。

  It is only in recent years that this work achieved literary canonization.