Rēc'og-nī'tion1, n.
(rĕk'og-nĭsh'un), n. [Lat. recognitio, Fr. recognition, It. recognizione, ricognizione, Sp. reconocimiento. See RECOGNIZE.] The act of recognizing, or the state of being recognized; acknowledgment; formal avowal; knowledge confessed or avowed; memorial.
The lives of such saints had, at the time of their yearly memorials, solemn recognition in the church of God. Hooker.