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canonize
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. in the Catholic church; declare (a dead person) to be a saint; "After he was shown to have performed a miracle, the priest was canonized" [syn: canonise , saint ] treat as a sacred person; "He canonizes women" [syn: canonise ] add in the canon or calendar ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., "to place in the canon or calendar of saints," from Old French cannonisier and directly from Medieval Latin canonizare , from Late Latin canon "church rule" (see canon (n.1)). Related: Canonized ; cannonizing .
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
verb EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ But her message of simplicity and sacrifice in everyday life won her a strong following, and in 1925 she was canonized. ▪ For some reason, Bridget was canonized three times. ▪ He had spent his early years as a priest in the papal ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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 .] (Eccl.) To declare (a deceased person) a saint; to put in the catalogue of saints; as, Thomas a Becket was ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
alt. 1 (context transitive English) To establish as a formal, standard rule. 2 (context transitive English) To declare (a person) as a saint. 3 (context transitive English) To glorify; to exalt to the highest honour. vb. 1 (context transitive English) To ...
Usage examples of canonize.
The carving had been done nearly six centuries ago by a sculptor named Fingo, to whom the Beatus Leibowitz not yet canonized had appeared in a vision.
Roberto Cardinal Bellarmino is canonized as Saint Robert Bellarmine by Pope Pius XI.
Rudolf, meet Saint Montague Hayward, chairman of the Royal Commission for Investigating the Incidence of Psittacosis among Dromedaries, and managing editor of The Blunt Instrument, canonized this very day for assassinating a reader who thought a blackleg was something to do with varicose veins.
It is obvious to Charlie that the whole forward thrust of modern Christianity depends on canonizing a few saints.
Baudolino finds the Magi and canonizes Charlemagne Baudolino arrived at Milan when the Milanese were at the end of their strength, partly because of their internal arguments.
Frederick and Rainald were preparing to canonize Charlemagne, little by little I realized that neither he nor the Magi were enough.
CHAPTER 97 The Lamp Had you descended from the Pequod's try-works to the Pequod's forecastle, where the off duty watch were sleeping, for one single moment you would have almost thought you were standing in some illuminated shrine of canonized kings and counsellors.
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.
Pope Urban buries and canonizes her, and turns her house into a church.
You were the one, were you not, who set off this business of canonizing Mary?