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What (who) is Canonize - definition

DECLARATION THAT A DECEASED PERSON IS AN OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED SAINT

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Canonize

·vt To rate as inspired; to include in the canon.

II. Canonize ·vt To Glorify; to exalt to the highest honor.

III. Canonize ·vt To declare (a deceased person) a saint; to put in the catalogue of saints; as, Thomas a Becket was canonized.

canonize

(canonizes, canonizing, canonized)

Note: in BRIT, also use 'canonise'

If a dead person is canonized, it is officially announced by the Catholic Church that he or she is a saint.

Joan of Arc was finally canonized by Pope Benedict XV in 1920.

VERB: usu passive, be V-ed

canonize

or canonise

¦ verb

1. (in the Roman Catholic Church) officially declare (a dead person) to be a saint.

2. sanction by Church authority.

Derivatives

canonization noun

Origin

ME: from late L. canonizare 'admit as authoritative', from L. canon (see canon¹).

Wikipedia

Canonization

Canonization is the declaration of a deceased person as an officially recognized saint, specifically, the official act of a Christian communion declaring a person worthy of public veneration and entering their name in the canon catalogue of saints, or authorized list of that communion's recognized saints.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canonization

Examples of use of Canonize

1. His plans didn‘t materialize before he died in 186'. In 1''', the locals pressed the church to canonize him.

2. Many Poles are hopeful that Benedict will make an announcement or encouraging comments about the drive to canonize John Paul, a hugely popular cause here.

3. Roussopoulos blasted what he claimed were «efforts to canonize» the suspect by sections of the media and reminded journalists that Maxim Zhilim was responsible for three murders.

4. Aiming to energize its more than 120 million Catholics, Benedict will canonize the country‘s first native saint, hold Masses that could attract millions and open a conference of Latin American bishops in the holy shrine of Aparecida.

5. The Pope‘s official business is to canonize Brazil‘s first saint and make the keynote address at a conference of bishops from Latin America and the Caribbean, home to nearly half the world‘s Roman Catholics.