canonize
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.
Origin of canonize
1- Also especially British, can·on·ise .
Other words from canonize
- can·on·i·za·tion, noun
- can·on·iz·er, noun
- su·per·can·on·i·za·tion, noun
- un·can·on·i·za·tion, noun
- un·can·on·ize, verb (used with object), un·can·on·ized, un·can·on·iz·ing.
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How to use canonize in a sentence
According to this text, Petros, a noblewoman later canonized as a saint, married a general and became pregnant three times.
It was he who prevailed upon the Pope to canonize Archbishop Anselm.
The Cathedral Church of Canterbury [2nd ed.]. | Hartley WithersNot satisfied with three Gods, they must canonize and deify men and make saints and demi-gods.
Abraham Lincoln: Was He A Christian? | John B. RemsburgAnnyway, I'll give um full absolution, so that death can't hurt um sariously, an' I'll canonize him as a martyr.
We were almost ready, in our thankfulness and joy, to canonize the ship and crew, and cut her up into snuffboxes and toothpicks.
But this could hardly be, for the king would not canonize himself, and it is he who will name them when founding them.
The Correspondence of Madame, Princess Palatine, Mother of the Regent; of Marie-Adlade de Savoie, Duchesse de Bourgogne; and of Madame de Maintenon, in Relation to Saint-Cyr | Charlotte-Elisabeth, duchesse d Orlans; Marie Adelaide, of Savoy, Duchess of Burgundy; and Madame de Maintenon
British Dictionary definitions for canonize
canonise
/ (ˈkænəˌnaɪz) /
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 of canonize
- canonization or canonisation, noun
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