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canonize

[kan-uh-nahyz] / ˈkæn əˌnaɪz /


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Memes, livestreams and hashtags now allow anyone to canonize someone they admire.

From Salon • Sep. 27, 2025

As we posthumously canonize David Lynch, it might be tempting to assume he came out of the womb the supremely confident, eccentric auteur the world became enthralled by in the 1980s and ’90s.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2025

“It’s a gift of God that Pope Francis — an Argentine pope, a Jesuit pope — can canonize her,” he said.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 11, 2024

I was like, “I want to canonize that line. This needs to be a play. This needs to be a movie.”

From Slate • Jul. 7, 2021

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

From The Cathedral Church of Canterbury [2nd ed.] A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Archiepiscopal See by Withers, Hartley




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