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Meanings of canonise in English

Portuguese
canonizar
Catalan
beatificar

Declare (a dead person) to be a saint.

        canonizar
        Usage of canonise in English
        1
        Formerly we used to canonise our great men; nowadays we vulgarise them.
        Reviews
        2
        For Tang Jianyu it was a desire to canonise her country's commander-in-chief.
        The Guardian
        3
        Your pleasure will be my death, and then you'll canonise me perhaps?
        Droll Stories — Volume 1
        4
        Standard nutritional advice tends to frown on processed food and to canonise fresh whole food.
        The Irish Times
        5
        Very Extremely Dangerous makes no effort to canonise McGill.
        The Irish Times
        6
        Jewish groups have urged the Vatican not to canonise him, at least until wartime records are clearer.
        Reuters
        7
        The Greek Church has gone so far as to canonise her, supposing that she became a Christian.
        The Trial and Death of Jesus Christ: A Devotional History of Our...
        8
        The pope must canonise some better saints for us, for all we have now are worn out.
        The Phantom Ship
        9
        Now they want to canonise her.
        The Irish Times
        10
        One of the qualities the Catholic church requires to canonise someone is that they have "heroic virtue".
        The Guardian
        11
        The first action of Tiberius was to canonise his father, and Augustus was translated to the banquet of the Gods:
        The Reign of Tiberius, Out of the First Six Annals of Tacitus; /...
        12
        We show pictures of them cheering wildly when state television tells them that the pope is to canonise Kim Jong-un.
        The Guardian
        13
        He told me yesterday, that when his largest cat is dead he will canonise her, in spite of the Christians!
        Antonina; Or, The Fall of Rome
        14
        Yes, yes, Mr. George, the saints whom I would canonise are not martyrs for a cause, but those who have none.
        The Revolution in Tanner's Lane
        15
        Francis will canonise Joseph Vaz, who re-established the Church in Sri Lanka in the 17th century after it was crushed by Dutch Calvinists.
        Reuters
        16
        Cardinal Angelo Amato read a brief biography of Mother Teresa's work, then asked the Pope to canonise her in the name of the Church.
        Radio NZ
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        Translations for canonise
        Portuguese
        canonizar
        Canonise through the time