canonize
canonize Lexical Profile
canonize Game Scores & Validity
• verb
To officially declare a deceased person to be a saint (especially in the Roman Catholic Church).
"The Pope agreed to canonize the missionary after two miracles were formally verified."
To treat or regard someone or something as sacred, above criticism, or of the highest possible status.
"Modern music critics often canonize the pioneering jazz musicians of the 1950s."
To admit a text, artistic work, or author into an established literary, scholarly, or scriptural canon.
"University curricula helped canonize several previously overlooked nineteenth-century novels."
• Rhymes for canonize
Word Origin & Etymology
Entered Middle English from Old French canoniser and Late Latin canonizare, derived from Ancient Greek kanonizein ('to regulate by rule'), from kanon ('measuring rod, standard, or authoritative list').