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canonize
[kan-uh-nahyz]
verb (used with object)
Ecclesiastical.Ģżto place in the canon of saints.
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.Ģżto deify.
canonize
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verb
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
Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms
- canonization noun
- canonizer noun
- supercanonization noun
- uncanonization noun
- uncanonize verb (used with object)
- Ė³¦²¹²Ō“Ē²Ō¾±Ė³ś²¹³Ł¾±“Ē²Ō noun
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of canonize1
Example Sentences
As we posthumously canonize David Lynch, it might be tempting to assume he came out of the womb the supremely confident, eccentric auteur the world became enthralled by in the 1980s and ā90s.
Fascists believe you have to destroy to create, and Jan. 6 has already been canonized because of its violence as a foundational moment of the New Era of Trumpism.
Catholic school nuns practically canonized John F. Kennedy, never ceasing to remind us students that he was the first Catholic President.
The Republican freak show has gathered in Milwaukee this week to canonize and coronate Donald Trump, fresh off his felony conviction and a recent assassination attempt.
āItās a gift of God that Pope Francis ā an Argentine pope, a Jesuit pope ā can canonize her,ā he said.
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