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To canonize a dead person is to say, officially, that they are a saint. The Catholic Church is the place people think of first. It is a formal act with rules, not just everyone liked them. In looser talk, people canonize a singer or a writer when they treat that person as perfect, almost holy — sometimes with a little smile, as if the praise has gone too far. The church sense is the one to learn first. The word comes from Latin canon, a rule or an official list, plus -ize, to make. To canonize someone is, in a way, to put them on the official list of saints.
封為聖人、列入聖品
組成From Late Middle English canonizen, from Old French canonisier or Medieval Latin canonizare, from Latin canon (a rule; an official catalogue) + -izo (a verb ending). In English it still splits as canon + -ize.
同家族的字
- canonLatin canon, a rule or official catalogue; to canonize is to put someone on the saints' list
- canonizationthe noun for the act
- canonicalfrom the same canon: following the official rule or list
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
canonizeverb/ˈkænənaɪz/
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CatholicismChristianityRoman-CatholicismTo declare (a deceased person) as a saint, and enter them into the canon of saints.
- Thomas Becket was canonized in 1173.
- 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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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, [...]
- The Poet puts all his Wit into the Mouths of Rooks and Bullies; and if an honeſt Man appear, he is ſure to be hooted at, and generally goes off both Fool and Cuckold. Is not this to condemn Virtue? to execute it in Effigie? and to canonize Vice by Deputy?
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ChristianityTo 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.
- Not all psalms that claim Davidic authorship were included in the canon, but those that were canonized frequently had this association.
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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.
- [I]n canonizing horror films and ranking serial killers among the entertainment elite, have we made the perilous environment that lies just beyond the coursing marquee lights and pale glow of the video monitor an even more dangerous space?
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ChristianityEspecially 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: [...]
- [T]hat a rhetorician, like Libanius, a Pagan even to madneſs, ſhould think the Chriſtians capable of attempting the life of Julian, is not ſurpriſing. [...] But that an eccleſiaſtical hiſtorian, like Sozomen, ſhould be tempted to canoniſe ſo deteſtable an action, might perhaps not be credited on my aſſertion.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。