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How to pronounce canonize in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms canonise, saint
Type of adjudge, hold, declare
Derivation canon, canonization


After he was shown to have performed a miracle, the priest was canonized.
Type Words
Synonyms canonise
Type of proclaim, exalt, extol, glorify, laud


He canonizes women.

Examples of canonize

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Can we please wait to see how well the new President does before we canonize him?
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His role is to record the actions of others and canonize his childhood friend.
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At the end of the 20th century, the Romanian Orthodox Church decided to canonize Stephen.
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I am amazed at your urge to canonize Elena Dementieva and all the hype that you're firing up.
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When did the church ever canonize anyone for pride and disobedience?
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Priscilla and Aquila are regarded as saints in most Christian churches that canonize saints.
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If her case is indeed deemed a miracle, the pope could one day canonize Chaminade as a saint.
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These guys, you can't canonize these guys that played last year.
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After she died of cancer in 1952 at age 33, Argentines petitioned the Vatican to canonize her.
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More examples
  • Declare (a dead person) to be a saint; "After he was shown to have performed a miracle, the priest was canonized"
  • Treat as a sacred person; "He canonizes women"
  • (canonized) accorded sacrosanct or authoritative standing
  • (canonization) (Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church) the act of admitting a deceased person into the canon of saints
  • (The Canonization) The Canonization is a poem written by metaphysical poet John Donne. First published in 1633 (see 1633 in poetry), the poem exemplifies Donne's wit and irony . ...
  • To establish as a formal, standard rule; To define someone as a saint
  • (Canonized) Literature approved as part of the Holy Scripture or the biblical canon. The 66 books in the Bible are the only books that we accept as being canonized. The book of Revelation is a canonized prayer manual because it is divinely inspired and infallible. ...
  • (Canonized) May 16, 1920 by Benedict XV
  • (Canonization) The official declaration by the Church that a deceased Christian of attested virtue is a saint, to be honored as such, and worth of imitation by the faithful.