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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/
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  1. canonize somebody (of the Pope教宗) to state officially that somebody is now a saint正式宣布（某人）为圣徒；宣圣；列入圣品 compare beatifyTopics Religion and festivalsc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryCanonize is used with these nouns as the object:
    • saint
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    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’.