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Verb: canonise  'ka-nu`nIz
Usage: Brit (=canonize)
  1. Treat as a sacred person
    "He canonises women"
    - canonize
     
  2. Declare (a dead person) to be a saint
    "After he was shown to have performed a miracle, the priest was canonised"
    - canonize, saint

Derived forms: canonised, canonising, canonises

See also: canon, canonisation [Brit]

Type of: adjudge, declare, exalt, extol, glorify, hold, laud, proclaim

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