canonizing
Officially proclaiming holy
Canonizing is declaring someone a saint in the Catholic Church, the final step in a formal process recognizing their holiness.
More broadly, it means elevating something to authoritative or revered status: The committee seemed intent on canonizing these texts as the definitive curriculum.
The word often carries skepticism about whether such elevation is deserved.
Declaring someone among blessed
- miraclesSupernatural extraordinary events
- relicsPreserved items from antiquity
- martyrdomSuffering for conviction
- intercessionActing on another's behalf
hagiography · venerable · blessed · saint · shrine · incorruptibility · feast-day · cult
Preserving as sacred
- institutionalizingEstablishing as formal practice
- legitimizingConferring official status
- elevatingLifting to higher level
- officializingConferring formal recognition
memorializing · immortalizing · venerating · honoring · consecrating · establishing · formalizing · heritage
Unchallengeable official beliefs
- orthodoxyAdherence to accepted beliefs
- heresyBelief opposing official doctrine
- schismFormal organizational fracture
- creedStatement of belief
scripture · apocrypha · theology · doctrine · sectarian · infallibility · catechism · decree
Pope's office and authority
- VaticanPapal city-state
- conclavePrivate, secretive assembly
- curiaAdministrative assembly hall
- pontiffSupreme Catholic leader
bishopric · synod · council · encyclical · patriarchate · episcopate · congregation · diocese
Works of lasting value
- anthologyCollected literary works volume
- masterworkSupreme creative achievement
- curriculumEducational program's content plan
- inclusionBeing made part
exclusion · gatekeeping · syllabus · revision · decolonizing · marginalized · representative
beatification
Declaring someone among blessed
- miraclesSupernatural extraordinary events
- relicsPreserved items from antiquity
- martyrdomSuffering for conviction
intercession · hagiography · venerable · blessed · saint · shrine · incorruptibility · feast-day · cult · holiness
enshrining
Preserving as sacred
- institutionalizingEstablishing as formal practice
- legitimizingConferring official status
- elevatingLifting to higher level
officializing · memorializing · immortalizing · venerating · honoring · consecrating · establishing · formalizing · heritage
dogma
Unchallengeable official beliefs
- orthodoxyAdherence to accepted beliefs
- heresyBelief opposing official doctrine
- schismFormal organizational fracture
creed · scripture · apocrypha · theology · doctrine · sectarian · infallibility · catechism · decree · pronouncement
papacy
Pope's office and authority
pontiff · bishopric · synod · council · encyclical · patriarchate · episcopate · congregation · diocese · tribunal
classics
Works of lasting value
- anthologyCollected literary works volume
- masterworkSupreme creative achievement
- curriculumEducational program's content plan
inclusion · exclusion · gatekeeping · syllabus · revision · decolonizing · marginalized · representative
- glorificationglorifying, glorification, exalting, exaltation, idolizing
canonizingexcommunicating
Formally excluding from congregation
damning · condemning · defrocking · denouncing · cursing
canonizingcondemning
Expressing severe disapproval
dishonoring · vilifying · demonizing · disgracing · defaming
canonizingmarginalizing
Pushing to the fringes
excluding · banning · censoring · suppressing · rejecting
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