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canonize

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can·on·ize  (kn-nz)
tr.v. can·on·ized, can·on·iz·ing, can·on·iz·es
1. To declare (a deceased person) to be a saint and entitled to be fully honored as such.
2. To include in the biblical canon.
3. To include in a literary canon.
4. To approve as being within canon law.
5. To treat as sacred; glorify.

canon·i·zation (--zshn) n.
canon·izer n.

canonize, canonise [ˈkænəˌnaɪz]
vb (tr)
1. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) RC Church to declare (a person) to be a saint and thus admit to the canon of saints
2. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) to regard as holy or as a saint
3. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) to sanction by canon law; pronounce valid
canonization , canonisation n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.canonize - declare (a dead person) to be a saint; "After he was shown to have performed a miracle, the priest was canonized"
organized religion, religion, faith - an institution to express belief in a divine power; "he was raised in the Baptist religion"; "a member of his own faith contradicted him"
adjudge, declare, hold - declare to be; "She was declared incompetent"; "judge held that the defendant was innocent"
2.canonize - treat as a sacred person; "He canonizes women"
exalt, extol, glorify, laud, proclaim - praise, glorify, or honor; "extol the virtues of one's children"; "glorify one's spouse's cooking"
Translations
canonize [ˈkænənaɪz] VTcanonizar
canonize canonise [ˈkænənaɪz] vtcanoniser
canon law ndroit m canon
can opener nouvre-boîte m
canonize
canonize [ˈkænəˌnaɪz] vtcanonizzare
canonize [ˈkænəˌnaɪz] vtcanonizzare


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Supplemental material includes a list of awards and honors, a map pinpointing locations of Teresa's missions around the world, a list of text references, and a sometimes theologically shaky (saying that saints are "worshipped," for example) account of the campaign to canonize her.
And assuming that the relations discovered in it between hysteria and photography are more than wordplay, perhaps what it offers that is of some use vis-a-vis photography and the way we write about it is the introduction of fundamental doubts about the enterprise of the history of photography as such, if that history is unable to accommodate the most peculiar aspects of the medium it seeks to historicize and canonize.
ENS)--A campaign by an ultra-right-wing group to canonize Czar Ivan the Terrible and the so-called "mad monk," Gregory Rasputin, is threatening to split the Russian Orthodox Church.
 
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