Meaning of canonize

can•on•ize

Pronunciation: (kan'u-nīz"), [key]

— -ized, -iz•ing.

to place in the canon of saints.
to glorify.
to make canonical; place or include within a canon, esp. of scriptural works: They canonized the Song of Solomon after much controversy.
to consider or treat as sacrosanct or holy: They canonized his many verbal foibles and made them gospel.
to sanction or approve authoritatively, esp. ecclesiastically.
to deify.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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canonize (Thesaurus)

canonist canon law

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