canonize

English

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Etymology

canon +‎ -ize

Alternative forms

• canonise (UK)

Verb

canonize (third-person singular simple present canonizes, present participle canonizing, simple past and past participle canonized)

1. (transitive) To establish as a formal, standard rule.
2. (transitive) To declare (a person) as a saint.

   Thomas a Becket was canonized.

3. (transitive) To glorify; to exalt to the highest honour.
   • Shakespeare

     Fame in time to come canonize us.

Translations

to establish as a formal, standard rule

• Romanian: a institui ca regulă (sacră) (ro)

to define someone as a saint

• Catalan: canonitzar (ca), santificar (ca)
• Finnish: kanonisoida (fi), kanonistaa (fi)
• French:

  Old French: saintefier

• Irish: naomhainmnigh (ga)
• Italian: santificare (it), canonizzare (it)
• Japanese: 列聖する (ja) (れっせいする, ressei-suru)
• Romanian: canoniza (ro), a declara ca sfânt (ro)