Recognition /(rĕk`ŏg*nĭsh"ŭn)/

Rec·og·ni·tion

Recognition

n.
  1. 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.