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  • adjective Made part of the canon, made official.
  • adjective In the Roman Catholic Church, officially declared a saint.
  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of canonize.

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  • adjective accorded sacrosanct or authoritative standing

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Examples

  • Not all of them are officially "canonized" - they don't have to be.

    alancreech 2009

  • Later on some of these figures have been "canonized" as great American writers or artists, but this is merely a form of nationalism, and doesn't have much to do with "culture" in the way Kevin wants to use the word.

    Art and Culture 2010

  • So I think it has further, kind of canonized, if you will, this incredible world of Shostakovich in these 15 quartets.

    The Decade In Classical Recordings 2009

  • So I think it has further, kind of canonized, if you will, this incredible world of Shostakovich in these 15 quartets.

    The Decade In Classical Recordings 2009

  • So I think it has further, kind of canonized, if you will, this incredible world of Shostakovich in these 15 quartets.

    The Decade In Classical Recordings 2009

  • So I think it has further, kind of canonized, if you will, this incredible world of Shostakovich in these 15 quartets.

    The Decade In Classical Recordings 2009

  • So I think it has further, kind of canonized, if you will, this incredible world of Shostakovich in these 15 quartets.

    The Decade In Classical Recordings 2009

  • So I think it has further, kind of canonized, if you will, this incredible world of Shostakovich in these 15 quartets.

    The Decade In Classical Recordings 2009

  • Original Sin yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Original Sin'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: Spewers of hate are "canonized" in the United States, while those concerned with the fate of their fellow man are asassinated.'

    Original Sin 2008

  • Ronald Reagan, former U.S. president Ms. Cho says she never agreed with Mr. Reagan's politics, and objected to the way he was "canonized" in the media after his death.

    Funny Girl 2007

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