canonize
Officially proclaim holy
Canonize means to officially declare someone a saint in the Catholic Church, the final step in a formal process of recognition.
More broadly, it means to treat something as authoritative or sacred: The committee canonized these texts as the official curriculum.
Works or figures become canonized when elevated to a standard of excellence: Shakespeare has been canonized in English literature.
Pictorial screen symbol
- legendUnverified traditional tale
- immortalizeMake lastingly famous
- enshrinePreserve as sacred
- celebrateHonor through festivity
commemorate · elevate · glorify · lionize · mythologize · idolize · revere · honor
Declaring someone among blessed
- martyrdomSuffering for conviction
- sainthoodState of being canonized
- venerationProfound admiring respect
- relicsPreserved items from antiquity
miracles · hagiography · patron · intercession · shrine · feast day · papal decree · Vatican
Organize into formal rules
- formalizeMake official or systematic
- institutionalizeEstablish as norm
- establishCreate formally, permanently
- authorizeGrant formal permission
legitimize · enshrine · ratify · sanction · benchmark · systematize · normalize · certify
Of lasting excellence
- masterpieceSupreme artistic achievement
- anthologyCollected literary works volume
- curriculumEducational program's content plan
- syllabusCourse plan document
pantheon · literary tradition · Shakespeare · Austen · Tolstoy · required reading · definitive · seminal
Inherited cultural legacy
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- ritualsCeremonial repeated practices
- loreTraditional knowledge transmitted orally
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
ceremonies · legacy · scripture · doctrine · orthodoxy · conventions · observances · rites
icon
Pictorial screen symbol
- legendUnverified traditional tale
- immortalizeMake lastingly famous
- enshrinePreserve as sacred
celebrate · commemorate · elevate · glorify · lionize · mythologize · idolize · revere · honor · tribute
beatification
Declaring someone among blessed
- martyrdomSuffering for conviction
- sainthoodState of being canonized
- venerationProfound admiring respect
relics · miracles · hagiography · patron · intercession · shrine · feast day · papal decree · Vatican · congregation
codify
Organize into formal rules
- formalizeMake official or systematic
- institutionalizeEstablish as norm
- establishCreate formally, permanently
authorize · legitimize · enshrine · ratify · sanction · benchmark · systematize · normalize · certify · validate
classic
Of lasting excellence
- masterpieceSupreme artistic achievement
- anthologyCollected literary works volume
- curriculumEducational program's content plan
syllabus · pantheon · literary tradition · Shakespeare · Austen · Tolstoy · required reading · definitive · seminal · foundational
heritage
Inherited cultural legacy
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- ritualsCeremonial repeated practices
- loreTraditional knowledge transmitted orally
folklore · ceremonies · legacy · scripture · doctrine · orthodoxy · conventions · observances · rites · practices
canonizeexcommunicate
Expel from church membership
anathematize · damn · condemn · defrock · decanonize
- canonical gospelsAuthorized New Testament quartet
- canonical worksOfficially recognized masterpieces
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