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Definition of canonize
canonized
play \-ˌnīzd; in “Hamlet” usually kə-ˈnä-ˌnīzd\;canonizing
transitive verb
1 : to declare (a deceased person) an officially recognized saint
2 : to make canonical
3 : to sanction by ecclesiastical authority
4 : to attribute authoritative sanction or approval to
5 : to treat as illustrious, preeminent, or sacred his mother had canonized all his timidities as common sense — Scott Fitzgerald
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Examples of canonize in a Sentence
She died 100 years ago and was canonized in Rome last year.
a singing star so canonized by his fans that they refuse to believe anything bad about him
Recent Examples of canonize from the Web
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Too often scholarly critique allows us to canonize artwork apart from the racist and imperialist subtext of the ideas and practices that undergird it.
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The main objection from the church is that because Czar Nicholas II and his wife were canonized in 2000, the movie is an insult to the faithful, which is a crime in Russia.
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Two late Portuguese shepherd children were canonized by Pope Francis in a large outdoor mass in Fatima, Portugal on Saturday, becoming the youngest saints in Catholic history who were not martyrs.
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FATIMA, Portugal — Pope Francis has canonized two of three Shepherd children who claimed to see the Virgin Mary over 100 years ago.
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Francis is spending fewer than 24 hours in Fatima to celebrate the centenary of the apparitions and canonize two of the three shepherd children.
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While there, Francis will canonize two of the shepherd children — Jacinta and Francisco, who first had the visions.
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Now those same Democrats are canonizing Comey as St. James the Martyr, burned at the Trumpian stake.
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The pope will canonize two of those children on Saturday and is likely to make his own Fatima message of peace and conversion as a weapon against secularism and the persecution of Christians today.
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Origin and Etymology of canonize
Middle English, from Medieval Latin canonizare, from Late Latin canon catalog of saints, from Latin, standard
CANONIZE Defined for English Language Learners
canonize
playDefinition of canonize for English Language Learners
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in the Roman Catholic Church : to officially give a dead person a special status as someone very holy : to declare (someone) to be a saint
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