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canonization

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for canonization.

Editorial note

The problem is that canonization is very difficult, it's very easy to get false positives, and each site needs a slightly different canonization rules.

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Quick take

The state of being canonized or sainted.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of canonization gathered in one view.

noun

The state of being canonized or sainted.

noun

Introduction into a canon of artistic or literary works.

noun

(Christianity) The final process or decree (following beatification) by which the name of a deceased person is placed in the catalogue (canon) of saints and commended to perpetual veneration and invocation.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for canonization.

noun

The state of being canonized or sainted.

noun

Introduction into a canon of artistic or literary works.

noun

(Christianity) The final process or decree (following beatification) by which the name of a deceased person is placed in the catalogue (canon) of saints and commended to perpetual veneration and invocation.

Example sentences

1

The problem is that canonization is very difficult, it's very easy to get false positives, and each site needs a slightly different canonization rules.

2

In the case of this French noblewoman, no one is trying to advance the cause of her canonization.

3

With the near-canonization of Jobs, people forget that his version of the right answers changed all of the time.

4

Slate and the New Yorker both did a great job avoiding canonization in their Aaron Swartz profiles.

5

The canonization of Steve Jobs as some sort of saint auteur is just freaking ridiculous.

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Indeed, so compared to the Bible there is small room for argument against canonization.

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The process of canonization ended under the third caliph, Uthman ibn Affan (r.

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The Catholic Church canonization process is completely different from online arguments, and there's no need for the special role of the devil's advocate.

9

The canonization effort around an only-known-in-certain-circles propagandist has been utterly bizarre to watch.

10

Can this project, given its angle and backing, possibly resist canonization?

11

I deeply sympathize with the friends and family of Aaron but I find the blogospheres canonization of him creepy and misguided.

12

Do the work first, then look to gruber for canonization if you must, though by that point his views on the matter would be irrelevant.

Quote examples

1

A website post, "Saint Chesterton?" commenting on recent discussion of proposals for canonization of G.

2

I think the "avoiding canonization" ship has long since sailed.

3

There has never and will never be a point in time where we don't need "a better protocol for the web now." The issue is that canonization was unnecessary, adoption of spdy has been progressing fine without it.

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The second line says "We're ending the string, concatenating the result of an expression, and then we're going to concatenate another string to that." The canonization of the idiom into syntax lets your brain relax and stop trying to translate.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use canonization in a sentence?

The problem is that canonization is very difficult, it's very easy to get false positives, and each site needs a slightly different canonization rules.

What does canonization mean?

The state of being canonized or sainted.

What part of speech is canonization?

canonization is commonly used as noun.