Definition of Canonized

1. Adjective. Accorded sacrosanct or authoritative standing.

Exact synonyms: Canonised, Glorified
Similar to: Authorised, Authorized

Definition of Canonized

1. Adjective. Made part of the canon, made official. ¹

2. Adjective. In the Roman Catholic Church, officially declared a saint. ¹

3. Verb. (past of canonize) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Canonized

1. canonize [v] - See also: canonize

Lexicographical Neighbors of Canonized

canonicities
canonicity
canonisation
canonisations
canonise
canonised
canonises
canonising
canonist
canonistic
canonists
canonizable
canonization
canonizations
canonize
canonized (current term)
canonizer
canonizers
canonizes
canonizing
canonries
canonry
canons
canonship
canonships
canoodle
canoodled
canoodler
canoodlers
canoodles

Literary usage of Canonized

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"1.316; 11,41. beatified by Benedict XIV in 1753, and canonized 16 July 1767 by Clement XIII; Clement XIV extended his office to the entire Church. ..."

2. The Infallibility of the Church: A Course of Lectures Delivered in the by George Salmon (1890)
"A necessary step in that process is, that proof should be given of miracles wrought by the person to be canonized. We are assured that the evidence for such ..."

3. Church History by Johann Heinrich Kurtz (1894)
"Clara died in AD 1253, and was canonized by Innocent IV. in AD 1255. Her order spread very widely in more than 2 000 cloisters, and o.tu boast not only of ..."

4. The Book of Dignities: Containing Rolls of the Official Personages of the by Joseph Haydn (1851)
"introduced extreme unction as a sacrament ; canonized. 530. ... canonized. 731. Gregory III. : the first pope who sent nuncios to foreign powers. 741. ..."

5. A Dictionary of Saintly Women by Agnes Baillie Cunninghame Dunbar (1904)
"funeral oration, and when he succeeded to the pontificate as Alexander IV., he canonized her in due form two years after her death. ..."

6. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1912)
"S. Herzberg-Fränkel, in MGH, Nee., vol. ii., 1890). In 1233 he was canonized by Gregory IX. .... canonized ..."

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