canonizing
present participle ofcanonize
canonize
verb[T]
(UKusuallycanonise)uk/ˈkæn.ə.naɪz/us/ˈkæn.ə.naɪz/canonizeverb[T](WORSHIP)
(in theRomanCatholicChurch) toannounceofficiallythat adeadpersonis asaint:
In Guatemala, thepopecanonized Pedro deSanJose de Betancurt,CentralAmerica's firstsaint.
Joan of Arc waseventuallycanonized in 1920.
Many would like toseehim canonized (as) asaint.
topraiseandadmiresomeone very much,especiallyin a way that is too much or that they do notdeserve:
Therebelleaderwas canonized by left-wingers in the late 1960s.
Although manydenouncedhim, thepresscanonized him as a new "Americanhero".
He was history's most canonizedbasketballplayer.
- Margaret was adeeplypiouswoman who wassubsequentlycanonized.
- PopeJohnPaul II canonized Juan Diego, the 16th-century Aztec whosevisionof the Virgin MaryhelpedspreadCatholicismto Mexico.
- Rather than canonize him for thestrengthanddignityhedisplayedin hisdyingdays, Iprefertorememberhim when he was in hisprime.
- Selflessfathersandfatherfiguresare beingcelebrated,evencanonized, on America'smoviescreens.
Religious ceremonies & prayers
- alleluia
- amen
- anoint
- anointed
- anointment
- burnt offering
- communicant
- communion
- confirm
- confirmation
- consecrate
- intercession
- litany
- liturgical
- liturgy
- ordain
- the last rites
- the Lord's Prayer
- unction
- vespers
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Praising and applauding
canonizeverb[T](OFFICIALLY APPROVE)
toacceptsomething asbelongingto acanon(= anofficiallist)ofrespectedworks,ideas, etc.:
Thisviewisbasedon theconceptionthat themainfunctionofcriticismis todefineand canonize thegenuineclassicsofliterature.
religionspecialized
inChristianity, toofficiallyapprovesomethingaccordingtoreligiousauthority:
TheconventionstunnedtheChurchby canonizing theordinationof women.
- Time and again, Freud wouldsettleon apositiononly toreverseorenlargethetheoryjust as hisadvocatesbeganto canonize it.
- TheBibleis alwaysinterpretedwithin thecontextofHolyTradition, which gavebirthto it and canonized it.
Approving & approval
- accepting
- affirmation
- approbate
- approbation
- approval
- approving
- be here forsomeoneidiom
- body positive
- countenance
- here
- nice
- nice one!idiom
- relegitimize
- royal assent
- seal
- seal of approvalidiom
- self-affirmation
- thumb
- thumbs upidiom
- votesomethingup or downidiom
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Literature
Examplesofcanonizing
canonizing
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
These workers, then, succeeded indirectly incanonizingthemselves as national exemplars.
From theCambridge English Corpus
A set of municipal statutory lawscanonizingfamily concern for patrimonial cohesion represented the backbone of this mechanism.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The scribal class was the social group responsible for maintaining, transmitting, andcanonizingliterary classics, and writing new compositions.
From
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.