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verb (used with object), -ized, -iz·ing.
1.
Ecclesiastical. to place in the canon of saints.
2.
to glorify.
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4.
to consider or treat as sacrosanct or holy: They canonized his many verbal foibles and made them gospel.
5.
EXPANDto sanction or approve authoritatively, especially ecclesiastically.
6.
COLLAPSEArchaic. to deify.
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Word Origin & History
canonize
late 14c., "to place in the canon or calendar of saints," from M.L. canonizare, from Gk. kanon "rule" (see canon). Related: Canonized (late 14c.).
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