Definitions

canonize

[kan-uh-nahyz] / ˈkæn əˌnaɪz /

VERB

sanctify; idolize

Synonyms

STRONGEST

beatify consecrate

STRONG

apotheosize bless dedicate deify glorify love saint worship

WEAK

besaint idolatrize put on a pedestal

Antonyms

STRONG

condemn degrade dishonor hate lower

Example Sentences

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Canonize him!—yea, verily, we'll canonize him, Tho' Cant is his hobby and meddling his bliss, Tho' sages may pity and wits may despise him, He'll ne'er make a bit the worse Saint for all this.

From The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes by Rossetti, William Michael

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