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canonize

/kan-uh-nahyz/US // ˈkæn əˌnaɪz //UK // (ˈkænəˌnaɪz) //

归化,归纳为,归纳,命名为

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
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    can·on·ized, can·on·iz·ing.

    • : Ecclesiastical. to place in the canon of saints.
    • : to glorify.
    • : to make canonical; place or include within a canon, especially 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, especially ecclesiastically.
    • : Archaic. to deify.

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Examples

  • According to this text, Petros, a noblewoman later canonized as a saint, married a general and became pregnant three times.

  • It was he who prevailed upon the Pope to canonize Archbishop Anselm.

  • Not satisfied with three Gods, they must canonize and deify men and make saints and demi-gods.

  • Annyway, I'll give um full absolution, so that death can't hurt um sariously, an' I'll canonize him as a martyr.

  • We were almost ready, in our thankfulness and joy, to canonize the ship and crew, and cut her up into snuffboxes and toothpicks.

  • But this could hardly be, for the king would not canonize himself, and it is he who will name them when founding them.