canonize
verb (used with object)
to place in the canon of saints.
canonise
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a variation of
canonize.
Example Sentences
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Pope Francis arrives on Friday to celebrate the centenary of the apparitions and canonise the children.
From The Guardian ● May 12, 2017
That much is certain, despite the various attempts by the mainstream or, indeed, the academy, to claim or canonise him – and what is the Nobel prize except the latest attempt to do just that?
From The Guardian ● Oct. 15, 2016
Pope Francis is to canonise two 19th Century nuns who lived in what was then Ottoman-ruled Palestine and were native Arabic speakers.
From BBC ● May 16, 2015
"I think the Catholic Church would like to canonise a layman who is also an artist and a craftsman, an engineer and a kind of mystic in his prayer life."
From BBC ● May 10, 2015
The fact of her being my relative doesn't quite canonise her, you know.
From Patty and Azalea by Carolyn Wells
