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Canonized

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.]

Wiktionary
canonized
  1. 1 Made part of the canon, made official. 2 In the Roman Catholic Church, officially declared a saint. v

  2. (en-past of: canonize)

WordNet
canonized

adj. accorded sacrosanct or authoritative standing [syn: canonised, glorified]

Usage examples of "canonized".

As for me, I don't know if he loved me when he canonized me, because I haven't yet written the part of the story in which I get canonized.

Divine favor was confirmed in 1297 when, a bare quarter-century after his death, France’s twice-crusading King, Louis IX, was canonized as a saint.

Afterward he was canonized, but the process was nullified by Pope Gregory XI at the requesf of the younger Jean de Montfort, who feared that as conqueror of a saint he would be regarded by the Bretons as a usurper.

Pierre de Luxem­ burg was ultimately beatified but not canonized in 1527.

John of Pomuk was subsequently canonized as a martyr and made the patron saint of all bridges.

As for me, I don’t know if he loved me when he canonized me, because I haven’t yet written the part of the story in which I get canonized.