canonising
Officially recognizing holiness
Canonising is the British spelling of canonizing—declaring someone a saint in the Catholic or Orthodox Church, or more broadly, treating something as authoritative or beyond criticism.
The committee seemed intent on canonising every decision the founder had made.
The process implies elevation to a revered, unquestionable status.
State of being canonized
- beatificationDeclaring someone among blessed
- venerationProfound admiring respect
- miraclesSupernatural extraordinary events
- martyrdomSuffering for conviction
relics · holiness · piety · devotion · sanctification · Vatican · papal · hagiography
Custom passed through generations
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- legacyWhat's passed down
- enshrinePreserve as sacred
institutionalize · commemorate · memorialize · folklore · mythology · founding fathers · national heroes · pantheon
Having recognized expertise
- definitiveSettling a question finally
- classicOf lasting excellence
- masterworkSupreme creative achievement
- standardLevel of quality accepted
anthology · corpus · oeuvre · seminal · foundational · magnum opus · Great Books · curriculum
sainthood
State of being canonized
- beatificationDeclaring someone among blessed
- venerationProfound admiring respect
- miraclesSupernatural extraordinary events
martyrdom · relics · holiness · piety · devotion · sanctification · Vatican · papal · hagiography · intercession
tradition
Custom passed through generations
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- legacyWhat's passed down
enshrine · institutionalize · commemorate · memorialize · folklore · mythology · founding fathers · national heroes · pantheon · venerate
authoritative
Having recognized expertise
- definitiveSettling a question finally
- classicOf lasting excellence
- masterworkSupreme creative achievement
standard · anthology · corpus · oeuvre · seminal · foundational · magnum opus · Great Books · curriculum · scholarship
canonisingexcommunicating
Formally excluding from congregation
damning · condemning · defrocking · unfrocking · cursing
canonisingvilifying
Maliciously disparaging someone
condemning · demonising · disgracing · denouncing · reviling
canonisingexcluding
Leaving something out
banning · censoring · suppressing · proscribing · expurgating
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