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canonise


Past participle: canonised
Gerund: canonising

Imperative
canonise
canonise
Present
I canonise
you canonise
he/she/it canonises
we canonise
you canonise
they canonise
Preterite
I canonised
you canonised
he/she/it canonised
we canonised
you canonised
they canonised
Present Continuous
I am canonising
you are canonising
he/she/it is canonising
we are canonising
you are canonising
they are canonising
Present Perfect
I have canonised
you have canonised
he/she/it has canonised
we have canonised
you have canonised
they have canonised
Past Continuous
I was canonising
you were canonising
he/she/it was canonising
we were canonising
you were canonising
they were canonising
Past Perfect
I had canonised
you had canonised
he/she/it had canonised
we had canonised
you had canonised
they had canonised
Future
I will canonise
you will canonise
he/she/it will canonise
we will canonise
you will canonise
they will canonise
Future Perfect
I will have canonised
you will have canonised
he/she/it will have canonised
we will have canonised
you will have canonised
they will have canonised
Future Continuous
I will be canonising
you will be canonising
he/she/it will be canonising
we will be canonising
you will be canonising
they will be canonising
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been canonising
you have been canonising
he/she/it has been canonising
we have been canonising
you have been canonising
they have been canonising
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been canonising
you will have been canonising
he/she/it will have been canonising
we will have been canonising
you will have been canonising
they will have been canonising
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been canonising
you had been canonising
he/she/it had been canonising
we had been canonising
you had been canonising
they had been canonising
Conditional
I would canonise
you would canonise
he/she/it would canonise
we would canonise
you would canonise
they would canonise
Past Conditional
I would have canonised
you would have canonised
he/she/it would have canonised
we would have canonised
you would have canonised
they would have canonised
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.canonise - treat as a sacred person; "He canonizes women"
exalt, extol, glorify, laud, proclaim - praise, glorify, or honor; "extol the virtues of one's children"; "glorify one's spouse's cooking"
2.canonise - declare (a dead person) to be a saint; "After he was shown to have performed a miracle, the priest was canonized"
organized religion, religion, faith - an institution to express belief in a divine power; "he was raised in the Baptist religion"; "a member of his own faith contradicted him"
adjudge, declare, hold - declare to be; "She was declared incompetent"; "judge held that the defendant was innocent"
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Translations
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canon

(ˈkӕnən) noun
1. a rule (especially of the church).
2. a clergyman belonging to a cathedral.
3. a list of saints.
4. a musical composition in which one part enters after another in imitation.
5. all the writings of an author that are accepted as genuine. the Shakespeare canon.
caˈnonical (-ˈno-) adjective
ˈcanonize, ˈcanonise verb
to place in the list of saints. Joan of Arc was canonized in 1920.
ˌcanoniˈzation, ˌcanoniˈsation noun
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References in periodicals archive ?
When Oliver's schoolteacher Brother Geraghty (Chris 'Dowd) asks his charges who they consider a 21st-century saint, the boy knows exactly who he wants to canonise.
Francis is expected to canonise the Rev Giuseppe Baz, a 17th-century missionary, during his January visit to Sri Lanka.
And she also called on the Church to CANONISE some of the victims.