Rec`og*ni"tion
(rĕk`ŏg*nĭsh"ŭn), n. [L.
recognitio: cf. F. recognition. See
Recognizance.] The act of recognizing, or the state of
being recognized; acknowledgment; formal avowal; knowledge confessed
or avowed; notice.
The lives of such saints had, at the time of their
yearly memorials, solemn recognition in the church of
God.
Hooker.