canonize
Verb
Verb Forms: canonized, canonizing, canonizes
- To officially declare a deceased person to be a saint.
- declare (a dead person) to be a saint
- "After he was shown to have performed a miracle, the priest was canonized"
- treat as a sacred person
- "He canonizes women"
- To declare (a deceased person) as a saint, and enter them into the canon of saints.
- To regard as a saint; to glorify, to exalt to the highest honour.
- To formally declare (a piece of religious writing) to be part of the biblical canon.
- To regard (an artistic or written work or its creator) as one of a group that are representative of a particular field.
- Especially of a church: to give official approval to; to authorize, to sanction.
Examples
- Her epic 100-point word made everyone want to CANONIZE her as a Scrabble legend.
- Thomas Becket was canonized in 1173.
Origin / Etymology
From Late Middle English canonizen (“to declare as a saint; to appoint to an ecclesiastical office”), from Old French canonisier (modern French canoniser (“to canonize”)), or from its etymon Medieval Latin, Late Latin canōnizāre, the present active infinitive of Latin canōnizō (“to recognize as a saint, canonize; to declare as authoritative or official”), from Latin canōn (“measuring line; (figurative) precept, rule, canon; authorized catalogue”) + -izō (suffix forming verbs). The English word is analysable as canon (“general principle, rule; authoritative group of works; catalogue of saints canonized in the Roman Catholic Church”) + -ize.
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 19
canonize: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordcanonize: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
canonize: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary