canonizes
- present tense form of canonize (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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—Pope Francis announces the revocation of sainthood for Father Junipero Serra and canonizes Huell Howser as California’s patron saint.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 5, 2021
Surprising many, Benedict also canonizes Tami Taylor, though she is not Catholic and is in fact a fictional character.
From Slate ● Feb. 19, 2013
A refreshingly direct and amusingly tactless interrogator, he neither sentimentalizes nor canonizes his feisty models, who handle their variously truncated limbs with casual practicality.
From New York Times ● Apr. 16, 2010
On September 4, Mother Teresa will be elevated to sainthood when Pope Francis canonizes her at the Vatican.
From National Geographic
The writer degrades no saints, he canonizes no villains.
From Freaks of Fortune or, Half Round the World by Optic, Oliver
