canonized
|can-o-nized|
/ˈkænəˌnaɪzd/
(canonize)
officially recognize/declare (saint or canon)
Etymology
'canonized' originates from Late Latin, specifically the word 'canonizare', where the element 'canon-' (from Greek 'kanōn') meant 'rule' or 'standard'.
'canonized' changed from Late Latin 'canonizare' into Old French 'canoniser' and Middle English 'canonisen/ canonize', and eventually became the modern English 'canonize' with past forms like 'canonized'.
Initially it referred to placing someone on a list or 'canon' (a rule/list); over time it came to mean specifically 'to declare (a person) a saint' and more broadly 'to make something authoritative or part of a canon'.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Verb 1
(past tense or past participle of 'canonize') To declare someone (usually a deceased person) to be a saint in an official religious canon; to admit to the list of recognized saints.
She was canonized by the Church in 1984.
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Verb 2
to include or accept something or someone into an established canon or authoritative list (e.g., literary, artistic, or doctrinal canon).
The poet was canonized by critics as a founder of modern verse.
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Adjective 1
recognized as part of the accepted canon; treated as authoritative, classic, or beyond ordinary criticism.
His canonized works are rarely questioned in academic courses.
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Adjective 2
(often pejorative) Treated as indisputably good or true; commonly used when critics say something has been uncritically accepted.
Some argue that the theory has been canonized too quickly.
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