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Meanings of
canonise
in English
Portuguese
canonizar
Catalan
beatificar
Back to the meaning
Declare (a dead person) to be a saint.
saint
canonize
Portuguese
canonizar
Synonyms
Examples for "
saint
"
saint
canonize
Examples for "
saint
"
1
Not everyone could be a
saint
;
nor was relief work a religion.
2
The church is built upon the grave of the eminent
saint
,
Miniato.
3
It is particularly menacing on the night after our national
saint
's
day.
4
And yet the
saint
and the prophet do not live in vain.
5
The training of the athlete is not the training of the
saint
.
1
French critics have even gone so far as to
canonize
Poe.
2
If I belonged to their tribe, the Catholics might
canonize
me.
3
If you remain moderately virtuous, we will
canonize
you.
4
I've just wired the Pope to
canonize
him the instant his heart misses a beat.
5
My dear girl, don't
canonize
me on that account!
Usage of
canonise
in English
1
Formerly we used to
canonise
our great men; nowadays we vulgarise them.
2
For Tang Jianyu it was a desire to
canonise
her country's commander-in-chief.
3
Your pleasure will be my death, and then you'll
canonise
me perhaps?
4
Standard nutritional advice tends to frown on processed food and to
canonise
fresh whole food.
5
Very Extremely Dangerous makes no effort to
canonise
McGill.
6
Jewish groups have urged the Vatican not to
canonise
him, at least until wartime records are clearer.
7
The Greek Church has gone so far as to
canonise
her, supposing that she became a Christian.
8
The pope must
canonise
some better saints for us, for all we have now are worn out.
9
Now they want to
canonise
her.
10
One of the qualities the Catholic church requires to
canonise
someone is that they have "heroic virtue".
11
The first action of Tiberius was to
canonise
his father, and Augustus was translated to the banquet of the Gods:
12
We show pictures of them cheering wildly when state television tells them that the pope is to
canonise
Kim Jong-un.
13
He told me yesterday, that when his largest cat is dead he will
canonise
her, in spite of the Christians!
14
Yes, yes, Mr. George, the saints whom I would
canonise
are not martyrs for a cause, but those who have none.
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.
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.
Other examples for "canonise"
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canonise
Verb
Frequent collocations
canonise athletes
canonise beggars
canonise fresh
Translations for
canonise
Portuguese
canonizar
Catalan
beatificar
canonitzar
Canonise
through the time