Thomas Becket was canonized in 1173.
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Canonize
//ˈkænənaɪz//
Synonyms for "canonize" (39 found)
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6 entriesTranslations
47 translations across 29 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- قَدَّسَ verb (to declare as a saint)
Armenian
1 entries- սրբադասել verb (to declare as a saint)
Catalan
2 entries- canonitzar verb (to declare as a saint)
- santificar verb (to declare as a saint)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 封聖 /封圣 verb (to declare as a saint)
Danish
1 entries- kanonisere verb (to declare as a saint)
Dutch
1 entries- heilig verklaren verb (to declare as a saint)
Esperanto
1 entries- enkanonigi verb (to declare as a saint)
Finnish
3 entries- julistaa pyhimykseksi verb (to declare as a saint)
- kanonisoida verb (to declare as a saint)
- kanonistaa verb (to declare as a saint)
French
1 entries- canoniser verb (to declare as a saint)
Galician
1 entries- canonizar verb (to declare as a saint)
German
1 entries- heiligsprechen verb (to declare as a saint)
Greek
1 entries- αγιοποιώ verb (to declare as a saint)
Hebrew
1 entries- קידש verb (to declare as a saint)
Ido
1 entries- kanonizar verb (to declare as a saint)
Interlingua
1 entries- canonisar verb (to declare as a saint)
Irish
2 entries- canónaigh verb (to declare as a saint)
- naomhainmnigh verb (to declare as a saint)
Italian
2 entries- canonizzare verb (to declare as a saint)
- santificare verb (to declare as a saint)
Japanese
1 entries- 列聖する verb (to declare as a saint)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- hellegspriechen verb (to declare as a saint)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- kanonisere verb (to declare as a saint)
Old French
2 entries- canonisier verb (to declare as a saint)
- saintefier verb (to declare as a saint)
Polish
1 entries- kanonizować verb (to declare as a saint)
Portuguese
1 entries- canonizar verb (to declare as a saint)
Romanian
3 entries- canoniza verb (to declare as a saint)
- declara ca sfânt verb (to declare as a saint)
- sfinți verb (to declare as a saint)
Russian
4 entries- канонизи́ровать verb (to declare as a saint)
- обожестви́ть verb (to declare as a saint)
- обожествля́ть verb (to declare as a saint)
- освяти́ть verb (to declare as a saint)
Spanish
1 entries- canonizar verb (to declare as a saint)
Swedish
2 entries- helgonförklara verb (to declare as a saint)
- kanonisera verb (to declare as a saint)
Ukrainian
4 entries- зараховувати до лику святих verb (to declare as a saint)
- зарахувати до лику святих verb (to declare as a saint)
- канонізовувати verb (to declare as a saint)
- канонізувати verb (to declare as a saint)
Welsh
1 entries- canoneiddio verb (to declare as a saint)
Sample sentences
23 total sentences available.
Wée maye woorſhippe neyther the Virgine Marie, neyther the Apoſtles, neyther any Saincte, neyther make holy dayes, or Temples for them, muche leſſe Canonize them, which comprehendeth all theſe.
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In heaven, are the ſowls of men departed in the popiſh fayth, and delivered from purgatorie: ſome of which, the Pope canonizeth for Saincts, whom the people on earth are religiouſly to honour and pray unto, as their mediators with God.
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He muſt be of an eaſie belief, that can be certainly perſwaded that every one whom the Pope Canonizeth, and putteth into the Liſt of Saints, is ſo indeed.
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