| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Present participle conjugation of the verb canonize.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (canonize) | 1. Declare (a dead person) to be a saint; "After he was shown to have performed a miracle, the priest was canonized".[Wordnet]. 2. Treat as a sacred person; "He canonizes women".[Wordnet]. 3. Add in the canon or calendar of the saints; "He was canonized not long after his death".[Wordnet]. 4. 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".[Wordnet]. 5. To declare (a deceased person) a saint; to put in the catalogue of saints; as, Thomas a Becket was canonized.[Websters]. 6. To glorify; to exalt to the highest honor.[Websters]. 7. To rate as inspired; to include in the canon.[Websters]. 8. Base verb from the following inflections: canonizing, canonized, canonizes, canonizer, canonizers, canonizingly and canonizedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "CANONIZING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1651. (references) |
Specialty Definition: canonize
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] To declare a man a saint and rank him in the catalogue, called a canon.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Verb] To define someone as a saint. (references) | 2: [Verb] To establish as a formal, standard rule. (references) | |
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