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Examples of canonise
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When it comes to the prematurely departed the temptation to canonise is even stronger.
From the guardian.co.uk
Should it canonise the last tsar, Nicholas II, and his family?
From the economist.com
But we do take every opportunity to canonise the craven.
From the nzherald.co.nz
He was knighted but there is no need to canonise him.
From the nzherald.co.nz
He was part of the movement to canonise Queen Margaret, one of the ancestors of the contemporary Scottish kings.
From the en.wikipedia.org
There will inevitably be moves within the French church to persuade the Vatican to canonise him, just as he was canonised by the media and popular opinion long ago.
From the independent.co.uk
- Canonize: treat as a sacred person; "He canonizes women"
- Canonize: declare (a dead person) to be a saint; "After he was shown to have performed a miracle, the priest was canonized"
- (canonised) canonized: accorded sacrosanct or authoritative standing
- (canonisation) canonization: (Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church) the act of admitting a deceased person into the canon of saints
- Alternative spelling of canonize
