English Dictionary

canonize

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈkænənaɪz/

動詞

イギリス英語 英語 オックスフォード式綴り アメリカ英語 他動詞 比喩的用法 広義

(chiefly Roman Catholicism) To declare (a deceased person) as a saint, and enter them into the canon of saints. / (figuratively) To regard as a saint; to glorify, to exalt to the highest honour.

日本語の意味

（主にローマカトリック教会において）亡くなった人物を聖人として認定し、聖人の名簿に加えること / 比喩的に：人物を聖人として崇拝し、極めて高い栄誉で称えること

The Vatican plans to canonize the missionary who devoted her life to serving the poor.

バチカンは、貧しい人々に生涯を捧げたその宣教師を正式に聖人として列聖する予定です。

意味（1）

(chiefly Roman Catholicism) To declare (a deceased person) as a saint, and enter them into the canon of saints.

Thomas Becket was canonized in 1173.

意味（2）

(figuratively) To regard as a saint; to glorify, to exalt to the highest honour.

She is a theame of honour and renowne, / A ſpurre to valiant and magnanimous deeds, / Whoſe preſent courage may beate downe our foes, / And fame in time to come canonize us, …

意味（3）

(Christianity) To formally declare (a piece of religious writing) to be part of the biblical canon.

Yet becauſe there are Two Pretences made; One, that elſewhere he Canonizeth all the reſt of the Conteſted Books; and another, that in this place he detracteth nothing in that behalf from the Books of the Maccabes, we will clear the way before us, and anſwer them both.

意味（4）

(by extension) To regard (an artistic or written work or its creator) as one of a group that are representative of a particular field.

To these errors the Middle Ages contributed not a little by canonizing all the ancient authorities so that when modern historical criticism came into vogue the reaction against authority went too far and skepticism overleaped the mark.

意味（5）

(chiefly Christianity) Especially of a church: to give official approval to; to authorize, to sanction.

He ſhews, the Legate's Drift was to Canonize all the Abuſes of the Court of Rome: ſo they never ſuffer'd them to be treated of freely, but managed them like the Compounding of a Law-Suit: …

canonizes （ present singular third-person ）

canonizing （ participle present ）

canonized （ participle past ）

canonized （ past ）

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en-conj-simple （ inflection-template ）

canonize （ infinitive ）