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canonises

canonises is the third-person singular simple present indicative of canonise.

Meaning of canonise

Verb

canonise (third-person singular simple present canonises, present participle canonising, simple past and past participle canonised)

  1. Non-Oxford British English spelling of canonize.
    • [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...1784, [Jean-Philippe-René] de La Bléterie, “History of the Emperor Jovian”, in John Duncombe, transl., Select Works of the Emperor Julian, and Some Pieces of the Sophist Libanius, Translated from the...

Questions about canonises

What is canonises the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Canonises is the third-person singular simple present indicative of canonise.

Words near canonises in the dictionary

  1. canonisation
  2. canonisations
  3. canonise
  4. canonised
  5. canoniser
  6. canonises
  7. canonising
  8. canonist
  9. canonistic
  10. canonistical
  11. canonists

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