canonize

English

Alternative forms

• canonise (non-Oxford British English)

Etymology

From Old French canonisier, from Medieval Latin canōnizō, from Latin canōn. Synchronically analyzable as canon +‎ -ize.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkænənaɪz/

Verb

(US, Oxford British English)

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

   Thomas 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)
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• Russian: канонизи́ровать (ru) impf or pf (kanonizírovatʹ)

to define someone as a saint

• Catalan: canonitzar (ca), santificar (ca)
• Esperanto: enkanonigi
• Finnish: kanonisoida, kanonistaa
• French: canoniser (fr)

  Old French: saintefier

• Galician: canonizar (gl)
• German: heiligsprechen (de)
• Hebrew: קידש
• Ido: kanonizar (io)
• Interlingua: canonisar
• Irish: naomhainmnigh, canónaigh
• Italian: santificare (it), canonizzare (it)
• Japanese: 列聖する (れっせいする, ressei-suru)
• Luxembourgish: hellegspriechen
• Polish: kanonizować (pl)
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• Portuguese: canonizar (pt)
• Romanian: canoniza (ro), declara ca sfânt
• Russian: обожествля́ть (ru) impf (obožestvljátʹ), обожестви́ть (ru) pf (obožestvítʹ), освяща́ть (ru) impf (osvjaščátʹ), освяти́ть (ru) pf (osvjatítʹ), причисля́ть к ли́ку святы́х impf (pričisljátʹ k líku svjatýx), причи́слить к ли́ку святы́х pf (pričíslitʹ k líku svjatýx)
• Spanish: canonizar (es)
• Swedish: kanonisera (sv)
• Ukrainian: зараховувати до лику святих impf (zaraxovuvaty do lyku svjatyx), зарахувати до лику святих pf (zaraxuvaty do lyku svjatyx), канонізовувати impf (kanonizovuvaty), канонізувати pf (kanonizuvaty)
• Welsh: canoneiddio

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Portuguese

Verb

canonize

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of canonizar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of canonizar
3. third-person singular imperative of canonizar