Definition of Canonize

1. Verb. Declare (a dead person) to be a saint. "After he was shown to have performed a miracle, the priest was canonized"

Exact synonyms: Canonise, Saint
Category relationships: Faith, Organized Religion, Religion
Generic synonyms: Adjudge, Declare, Hold
Derivative terms: Canon, Canonisation, Canon, Canonization, Saint

2. Verb. Treat as a sacred person. "He canonizes women"
Exact synonyms: Canonise
Generic synonyms: Exalt, Extol, Glorify, Laud, Proclaim

Definition of Canonize

1. v. t. To declare (a deceased person) a saint; to put in the catalogue of saints; as, Thomas a Becket was canonized.

Definition of Canonize

1. Verb. To establish as a formal, standard rule. ¹

2. Verb. To define someone as a saint. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Canonize

1. to declare to be a saint [v -IZED, -IZING, -IZES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Canonize

canonicates
canonicities
canonicity
canonisation
canonisations
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canonised
canonises
canonising
canonist
canonistic
canonists
canonizable
canonization
canonizations
canonize (current term)
canonized
canonizer
canonizers
canonizes
canonizing
canonries
canonry
canons
canonship
canonships
canoodle
canoodled
canoodler
canoodlers

Literary usage of Canonize

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Daughters of Genius: A Series of Sketches of Authors, Artists, Reformers by James Parton (1885)
"T~y OME refuses to canonize the Maid of Orleans. ... It was no other than the Church which so recently was asked to canonize her. ..."

2. The Works of Thomas Jackson, D.D. ...: Sometime President of Corpus Christi by Thomas Jackson (1844)
"Yet can any man doubt whether this church would authorize murder, or canonize assassinates, for her own advantage ? Publicly suppose she would not; ..."

3. The Life of Saint Philip Neri, Apostle of Rome, and Founder of the by Pietro Giacomo Bacci (1902)
"His Holiness had some time previously determined to canonize the Blessed Isidore Agricola, and now entreaties were made that he would canonize at the same ..."

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