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can⋅on⋅ize

  [kan-uh-nahyz]
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–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
  1. To declare (a deceased person) to be a saint and entitled to be fully honored as such.
  2. To include in the biblical canon.
  3. To include in a literary canon.
  4. To approve as being within canon law.
  5. To treat as sacred; glorify.
can'on·i·za'tion (-ĭ-zā'shən) n., can'on·iz'er n.
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Canonize

Can"on*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Canonized; p. pr. & vb. n. Canonizing.] [F. canoniser or LL. canonizare, fr. L. canon.. See Canon.]

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

2. To glorify; to exalt to the highest honor.

Fame in time to come canonize us. --Shak.

2. To rate as inspired; to include in the canon.[R.]
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : canonize
Spanish: canonizar,
German: heiligsprechen,
Japanese: 聖人の列に加える
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