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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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