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Canonized as a sociologist and civil-rights activist, DuBois created visualization aids for the 1900 Paris Exposition – charts showing black achievement in the 40 years after the end of the Civil War.
From The Guardian • Jan. 12, 2017
Canonized in 1253, the martyred bishop is interpreted by the church as a defender of human rights against tyranny.
From Time Magazine Archive
Canonized, 150 sq.; the three musical brothers, T’ien Chih-piao, T’ien Yüan-shuai, and T’ien Hung-i, 151; Chiang Tzŭ-ya, 152 sq.
From Myths and Legends of China by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)
A. We usually apply the name of "Saints" to those only whom the Church has Canonized.
From Baltimore Catechism, No. 3 by Anonymous
Julius Caesar, and other Emperors after him, had the like Testimony; that is, were Canonized for Saints; now defined; and is the same with the Apotheosis of the Heathen.
From Leviathan by Hobbes, Thomas
