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canonization

[kan-uh-nahyz]

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verb (used with object), can·on·ized, can·on·iz·ing.

Ecclesiastical. to 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.

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Archaic. to deify.

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Also, especially British, can·on·ise.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English. See canon¹, -ize

Related forms

can·on·i·za·tion, noun

can·on·iz·er, noun

su·per·can·on·i·za·tion, noun

un·can·on·i·za·tion, noun

un·can·on·ize, verb (used with object), un·can·on·ized, un·can·on·iz·ing.

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canonize or canonise (ˈkænəˌnaɪz)

—vb
1.	RC Church to declare (a person) to be a saint and thus admit to the canon of saints
2.	to regard as holy or as a saint
3.	to sanction by canon law; pronounce valid

canonise or canonise

—vb

canoni'zation or canonise

—n

canoni'sation or canonise

—n

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canonization

late 14c., from L. canonizationem, noun of action from canonizare "to canonize," from Gk. kanon "rule" (see canon).

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