canonize
verb /ˈkænənaɪz/
/ˈkænənaɪz/
(British English also canonise)
[usually passive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they canonize | /ˈkænənaɪz/ /ˈkænənaɪz/ |
| he / she / it canonizes | /ˈkænənaɪzɪz/ /ˈkænənaɪzɪz/ |
| past simple canonized | /ˈkænənaɪzd/ /ˈkænənaɪzd/ |
| past participle canonized | /ˈkænənaɪzd/ /ˈkænənaɪzd/ |
| -ing form canonizing | /ˈkænənaɪzɪŋ/ /ˈkænənaɪzɪŋ/ |
- canonize somebody (of the Pope) to state officially that somebody is now a saint compare beatifyTopics Religion and festivalsc2Oxford Collocations DictionaryCanonize is used with these nouns as the object:
- saint
Word Originlate Middle English: from late Latin canonizare ‘admit as authoritative’ (in medieval Latin ‘admit to the list of recognized saints’), from Latin canon, from Greek kanōn ‘rule’.