单词 | canonization |
释义 | canonizationn. a. The action of canonizing; esp. formal admission into the calendar of saints. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > holiness > saint > canonization > [noun] canonizationc1380 canonizingc1380 sainting1570 beatification1629 canonicationa1641 consecrationa1676 beatitude1837 sanctification1855 c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 433 To trow siche canonyzaciouns is lesse þan bileeue. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 60 Canonizacion, canonizacio. 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 344/2 This new saint of Tindales canonisacion. ?1548 J. Bale Comedy Thre Lawes Nature iv. sig. Evjv He sent hym to heauen, by hys canonyȝacyon, And from thens to helle, by an excommunycacyon. 1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. P6 To be number'd one, Here, in my Book's Canonization. 1651 T. Hobbes Philos. Rudim. xviii. §14. 362 The canonization of Saints which the Heathen called Apotheosis. 1782 J. Priestley Hist. Corruptions Christianity I. iv. 370 Before there were any regular canonizations. b. figurative. ΚΠ 1854 R. W. Emerson Quot. & Orig. in Wks. (1906) III. 220 'Tis curious what new interest an old author acquires by official canonization in Tiraboschi or Dr. Johnson. 1877 J. B. Mozley Univ. Serm. (ed. 3) iv. 87 The canonisation of men—the popular judgment which sets them up morally and spiritually upon the pinnacle of the temple. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.c1380 |
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