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canonize
[ kan-uh-nahyz ]
verb (used with object)
- Ecclesiastical. to place in the canon of saints. Compare beatify ( def 2 ).
- to glorify.
- to make canonical; place or include within a canon, especially of scriptural works:
They canonized the Song of Solomon after much controversy.
- to consider or treat as sacrosanct or holy:
They canonized his many verbal foibles and made them gospel.
- to sanction or approve authoritatively, especially ecclesiastically.
- Archaic. to deify.
canonize
/ ˈ°ìæ²Ôəˌ²Ô²¹Éª³ú /
verb
- RC Church to declare (a person) to be a saint and thus admit to the canon of saints
- to regard as holy or as a saint
- to sanction by canon law; pronounce valid
Derived Forms
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
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- ³¦²¹²Ôo²Ô·¾±³úe°ù noun
- super·³¦²¹²Ôo²Ô·¾±Â·³ú²¹î€ƒt¾±´Ç²Ô noun
- ³Ü²Ôc²¹²Ô·´Ç²Ô·¾±Â·³ú²¹î€ƒt¾±´Ç²Ô noun
- ³Ü²Ô·³¦²¹²Ôo²Ô·¾±³ú±ð verb (used with object) uncanonized uncanonizing
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of canonize1
Example Sentences
As we posthumously canonize David Lynch, it might be tempting to assume he came out of the womb the supremely confident, eccentric auteur the world became enthralled by in the 1980s and ’90s.
Fascists believe you have to destroy to create, and Jan. 6 has already been canonized because of its violence as a foundational moment of the New Era of Trumpism.
Catholic school nuns practically canonized John F. Kennedy, never ceasing to remind us students that he was the first Catholic President.
The Republican freak show has gathered in Milwaukee this week to canonize and coronate Donald Trump, fresh off his felony conviction and a recent assassination attempt.
“It’s a gift of God that Pope Francis — an Argentine pope, a Jesuit pope — can canonize her,†he said.
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