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
Julius Cæsar was canonised, because it was thought he was translated to a new star, discovered at the hour of his death.
The Mysteries of All Nations | James GrantThough never canonised himself, Old Jolyon's natural fastidiousness and balance had saved him from the errors of the vulgar.
The Forsyte Saga, Volume III. | John GalsworthySo for every commonplace marriage there is a canonised love, and the story is told in the old Greek civilisation by the Hetairæ.
The Kempton-Wace Letters | Jack LondonLike his cousin, Edward became a popular, though not a canonised, saint.
The History of England | T.F. ToutThe Greek Church canonised the fourteen thousand innocents; and another notion, founded on a misinterpretation of Rev. xiv.
Curiosities of Christian History | Croake James
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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