canonize
verb /ˈkænənaɪz/
/ˈkænənaɪz/
(British English also canonise)
[usually passive]动词形式
present simple I / you / we / they canonize | /ˈkænənaɪz/ /ˈkænənaɪz/ |
he / she / it canonizes | /ˈkænənaɪzɪz/ /ˈkænənaɪzɪz/ |
past simple canonized | /ˈkænənaɪzd/ /ˈkænənaɪzd/ |
past participle canonized | /ˈkænənaɪzd/ /ˈkænənaɪzd/ |
-ing form canonizing | /ˈkænənaɪzɪŋ/ /ˈkænənaɪzɪŋ/ |
- canonize somebody (of the Pope
) to state officially that somebody is now a saint教宗 compare beatifyTopics Religion and festivalsc2正式宣布(某人)为圣徒;宣圣;列入圣品 Collocations DictionaryCanonize is used with these nouns as the object:- saint
词源late Middle English: from late Latin canonizare ‘admit as authoritative’ (in medieval Latin ‘admit to the list of recognized saints’), from Latin canon, from Greek kanōn ‘rule’.