CANONIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does canonize mean? 

• CANONIZE (verb)
  The verb CANONIZE has 2 senses:

1. declare (a dead person) to be a saint

2. treat as a sacred person

  Familiarity information: CANONIZE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CANONIZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they canonize    ... he / she / it canonizes   
Past simple: canonized   
Past participle: canonized   
-ing form: canonizing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Declare (a dead person) to be a saint

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

canonise; canonize; saint

Context example:

After he was shown to have performed a miracle, the priest was canonized

Hypernyms (to "canonize" is one way to...):

adjudge; declare; hold (declare to be)

Domain category:

faith; organized religion; religion (an institution to express belief in a divine power)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

canon (a complete list of saints that have been recognized by the Roman Catholic Church)

canonization ((Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church) the act of admitting a deceased person into the canon of saints)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Treat as a sacred person

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

canonise; canonize

Context example:

He canonizes women

Hypernyms (to "canonize" is one way to...):

exalt; extol; glorify; laud; proclaim (praise, glorify, or honor)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody