canonization

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can⋅on⋅ize

[kan-uh-nahyz]

–verb (used with object), -ized, -iz⋅ing.

1.	Ecclesiastical. to place in the canon of saints.

2.	to glorify.

3.	to make canonical; place or include within a canon, esp. of scriptural works: They canonized the Song of Solomon after much controversy.

4.	to consider or treat as sacrosanct or holy: They canonized his many verbal foibles and made them gospel.

5.	to sanction or approve authoritatively, esp. ecclesiastically.

6.	Archaic. to deify.

Also, especially British, can⋅on⋅ise.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME. See canon ¹ , -ize

Related forms:

can⋅on⋅i⋅za⋅tion, noun

can⋅on⋅iz⋅er, noun

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can·on·ize (kān'ə-nīz')

tr.v. can·on·ized, can·on·iz·ing, can·on·iz·es

To declare (a deceased person) to be a saint and entitled to be fully honored as such.
To include in the biblical canon.
To include in a literary canon.
To approve as being within canon law.
To treat as sacred; glorify.

can'on·i·za'tion (-ĭ-zā'shən) n., can'on·iz'er n.

Cultural Dictionary

canonization

Official enrollment of a dead person as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church.

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