Definitions for canonize
ˈkæn əˌnaɪzcan·on·ize

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. canonize, canonise, saintverb

   declare (a dead person) to be a saint

   "After he was shown to have performed a miracle, the priest was canonized"

2. canonize, canoniseverb

   treat as a sacred person

   "He canonizes women"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. canonizeverb

   To establish as a formal, standard rule.

2. canonizeverb

   To define someone as a saint.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Canonizeverb

   To declare any man a saint.

   Etymology: from canon, to put into the canon, or rule for observing festivals.

   The king, desirous to bring into the house of Lancaster celestial honour, became suitor to pope Julius, to canonize king Henry VI. for a saint. Francis Bacon, Henry VII.

   By those hymns all shall approve
   Us canoniz’d for love. John Donne.

   They have a pope too, who hath the chief care of religion, and of canonizing whom he thinks fit, and thence have the honour of saints. Edward Stillingfleet.

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1. canonize

   Canonization is the declaration of a deceased person as an officially recognized saint, specifically, the official act of a Christian communion declaring a person worthy of public veneration and entering their name in the canon catalogue of saints, or authorized list of that communion's recognized saints.

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1. canonize

   Canonize refers to the process or act of recognizing a deceased person as a saint, as per the standards or procedures of the Christian church, particularly the Roman Catholic Church. This typically involves validating miracles or virtuous deeds attributed to this person. More broadly, it can also mean to officially approve, accept, or treat as being exemplary or of high importance.

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1. Canonizeverb

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

2. Canonizeverb

   to glorify; to exalt to the highest honor

3. Canonizeverb

   to rate as inspired; to include in the canon

4. Etymology: [F. canoniser or LL. canonizare, fr. L. canon.. See Canon.]

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1. canonizeverb

   Officially declared to be a saint. Regarded as being above reproach or in great significance. Accepted into the literary or artistic canon. Sanctioned by Pure authority. 1.) To admit as authoritative to the list of recognized saints.

   Our Lord God canonized the first saint to lead us in our Almighty Fathers name.

   Etymology: Crowned

   
   

   Submitted by Tehorah_Elyon on March 7, 2024  

Matched Categories

1. • Declare
   • Glorify
   • Religion

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of canonize in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of canonize in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of canonize in a Sentence

1. Olin Tezcatlipoca:

   Our protest is to tell the Pope that by canonizing Junipero Serra, they want to canonize colonialism, they want to canonize white supremacy and they want to canonize the genocide of our people. And that is an immoral act.

2. Guzman Carriquiry:

   They want to remove the only Hispanic there, exactly when the first Hispanic pope in history will canonize him. That would not be an extraordinary welcome in a land that puts itself forward as an example of multi-cultural tolerance.

3. John Cavadini:

   He doesn’t thereby canonize or dogmatize a scientific theory, which by its very nature is subject to falsification and revision, but it is within the pope’s competence and authority to call attention to our moral responsibilities and duties in the face of the best scientific theory out there, especially when the consequences of not doing so are serious or even drastic, and where silence could be interpreted as scandalous.

4. Jimmy Kimmel:

   My intention is not to canonize Kobe Bryant or make judgments about things I don't know anything about, but I will say Kobe Bryant loved Kobe Bryant family, Kobe Bryant worked very hard, and Kobe Bryant brought a lot of joy to a lot of people in this city and we're going to miss Kobe Bryant.

5. Pope Francis:

   In September, God willing, I will canonize Junipero Serra in the United States, who was the evangelizer of the west of the United States.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=canonize
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Canonize
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=canonize
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canonize
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/canonize
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=canonize