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Definition of Canonises
1. canonise [v] - See also: canonise
Lexicographical Neighbors of Canonises
Literary usage of Canonises
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, H. Tetu, Wilfrid Philip Ward (1889)
"... Conservatism canonises the sacredness of established order, and those fine
and minute concessions which the philosophers on each side must make to the ..."
2. William George Ward and the Oxford Movement by Wilfrid Philip Ward (1889)
"... defects are inseparable from any popular school of thought, radicalism canonises
reform, Conservatism canonises the sacredness of established order, ..."
3. Lion and Dragon in Northern China by Reginald Fleming Johnston (1910)
"It would seem that what the Christian says, in effect, is this: If the Pope—the
earthly head of our religion—canonises a dead man, that dead man becomes a ..."
4. Letters of George Meredith by George Meredith (1912)
"What charm to woman may belong When by a natural bent inclined To goodness in
domestic play|: On earth no better thing than this— It canonises very clay ..."
5. The Expository Times by James Hastings, Ann Wilson Hastings, Edward Hastings (1889)
"Mr. Fitzroy neither canonises the Broad Churchmen nor excommunicates the Narrow.
SEEKERS AFTER GOD. BY THE VEN. ..."
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