canonize
verb (used with object)
to place in the canon of saints.
will canonize
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future tenseof canonize.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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History’s first Argentine pope cleared him for sainthood earlier this year and on Sunday will canonize Brochero along with six other people in one of the final big Masses of his Holy Year of Mercy.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 13, 2016
But while Francis will canonize Serra Wednesday, there is a movement afoot to replace the statue of him in the Capitol with one of astronaut Sally Ride, the first American woman in space.
From Time ● Sep. 23, 2015
The pontiff said that in Washington, he will canonize Junípero Serra, the Spanish Franciscan friar who began the California mission system in 1769, and will celebrate Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 18, 2015
“He will canonize a local missionary, someone who made an effort to deliver the Gospel through local languages and cultures, careful to social justice and mercy,” he added.
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2015
Judas, we will canonize him; For Cant is his hobby and twaddling his bliss; And tho' wise men may pity and wits may despise him, He'll make but the better shop-saint for all this.
From The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes by William Michael Rossetti
