Definition of Canonize. Meaning of Canonize. Synonyms of Canonize

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Definition of Canonize

Canonize
Canonize Can"on*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Canonized; p. pr. & vb. n. Canonizing.] [F. canoniser or LL. canonizare, fr. L. canon.. See Canon.] 1. (Eccl.) To declare (a deceased person) a saint; to put in the catalogue of saints; as, Thomas a Becket was canonized. 2. To glorify; to exalt to the highest honor. Fame in time to come canonize us. --Shak. 2. To rate as inspired; to include in the canon.[R.]

Meaning of Canonize from wikipedia

- Canonization is the declaration of a deceased person as an officially recognized saint, specifically, the official act of a Christian communion declaring...
- "The Canonization" is a poem by English metaphysical poet John Donne. First published in 1633, the poem is viewed as exemplifying Donne's wit and irony...
- This article is a list of saints by the pope who canonized them. Although popes have been canonizing saints since at least 993 and have claimed sole authority...
- up canonization in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Canonization is the process of declaring saints. Canonization may also refer to: Canonization of scripture...
- veneration, is conferred on some denominational saints through the process of canonization in the Catholic Church or glorification in the Eastern Orthodox Church...
- Through an equivalent canonization or equipollent canonization (Latin: equipollens canonizatio) a pope can choose to relinquish the judicial processes...
- This article contains a list of the 942 saints canonized by Pope Francis (2013–2025) during his pontificate, which includes the 813 Martyrs of Otranto...
- contains the saints canonized by Pope John Paul II. Pope John Paul II canonized 483 saints, including one equipollent canonizations, during his twenty-six-year...
- The canonization of the Romanovs (also called "glorification" in the Eastern Orthodox Church) was the elevation to sainthood of the last imperial family...
- In graph theory, a branch of mathematics, graph canonization is the problem of finding a canonical form of a given graph G. A canonical form is a labeled...