canonize

can·on·ize

C0073300 (kăn′ə-nīz′)tr.v. can·on·ized, can·on·iz·ing, can·on·iz·es 1. To declare (a deceased person) to be a saint and entitled to be fully honored as such.2. To include in the biblical canon.3. To include in a literary canon.4. To approve as being within canon law.5. To treat as sacred; glorify.

can′on·i·za′tion (-ĭ-zā′shən) n.can′on·iz′er n.

canonize

(ˈkænəˌnaɪz) or

canonise

vb (tr) 1. (Ecclesiastical Terms) RC Church to declare (a person) to be a saint and thus admit to the canon of saints2. (Ecclesiastical Terms) to regard as holy or as a saint3. (Ecclesiastical Terms) to sanction by canon law; pronounce valid ˌcanoniˈzation, ˌcanoniˈsation n

can•on•ize

(ˈkæn əˌnaɪz)

v.t. -ized, -iz•ing. 1. to place (a dead person) in the canon of saints; declare officially as a saint. 2. to place or include within a canon, esp. of scriptural works. 3. to consider or treat as holy, authoritative, etc. 4. to sanction authoritatively, esp. ecclesiastically. [1350–1400; Middle English < Medieval Latin] can`on•i•za′tion, n. can′on•iz`er, n.

canonize

Past participle: canonized
Gerund: canonizing

Imperative
canonize
canonize

Present
I canonize
you canonize
he/she/it canonizes
we canonize
you canonize
they canonize

Preterite
I canonized
you canonized
he/she/it canonized
we canonized
you canonized
they canonized

Present Continuous
I am canonizing
you are canonizing
he/she/it is canonizing
we are canonizing
you are canonizing
they are canonizing

Present Perfect
I have canonized
you have canonized
he/she/it has canonized
we have canonized
you have canonized
they have canonized

Past Continuous
I was canonizing
you were canonizing
he/she/it was canonizing
we were canonizing
you were canonizing
they were canonizing

Past Perfect
I had canonized
you had canonized
he/she/it had canonized
we had canonized
you had canonized
they had canonized

Future
I will canonize
you will canonize
he/she/it will canonize
we will canonize
you will canonize
they will canonize

Future Perfect
I will have canonized
you will have canonized
he/she/it will have canonized
we will have canonized
you will have canonized
they will have canonized

Future Continuous
I will be canonizing
you will be canonizing
he/she/it will be canonizing
we will be canonizing
you will be canonizing
they will be canonizing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been canonizing
you have been canonizing
he/she/it has been canonizing
we have been canonizing
you have been canonizing
they have been canonizing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been canonizing
you will have been canonizing
he/she/it will have been canonizing
we will have been canonizing
you will have been canonizing
they will have been canonizing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been canonizing
you had been canonizing
he/she/it had been canonizing
we had been canonizing
you had been canonizing
they had been canonizing

Conditional
I would canonize
you would canonize
he/she/it would canonize
we would canonize
you would canonize
they would canonize

Past Conditional
I would have canonized
you would have canonized
he/she/it would have canonized
we would have canonized
you would have canonized
they would have canonized

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	canonize - declare (a dead person) to be a saint; "After he was shown to have performed a miracle, the priest was canonized"canonise, saintorganized religion, religion, faith - an institution to express belief in a divine power; "he was raised in the Baptist religion"; "a member of his own faith contradicted him"adjudge, declare, hold - declare to be; "She was declared incompetent"; "judge held that the defendant was innocent"
	2.	canonize - treat as a sacred person; "He canonizes women"canoniseexalt, extol, glorify, laud, proclaim - praise, glorify, or honor; "extol the virtues of one's children"; "glorify one's spouse's cooking"

Translations

canon

(ˈkӕnən) noun1. a rule (especially of the church). 教规2. a clergyman belonging to a cathedral. （天主教）在大教堂任职的教士 3. a list of saints. 天主教中的圣徒名单4. a musical composition in which one part enters after another in imitation. 轮唱曲5. all the writings of an author that are accepted as genuine. the Shakespeare canon.作家的真作caˈnonical (-ˈno-) adjective按照教规的ˈcanonize, ˈcanonise verb to place in the list of saints. Joan of Arc was canonized in 1920. 正式宣布（某人）为圣徒 ˌcanoniˈzation, ˌcanoniˈsation noun追封为圣者

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verb declare (a dead person) to be a saint

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verb treat as a sacred person

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