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語源

canōn (“canon”) +‎ -izō, parallel to Ancient Greek κανονίζω (kanonízō, “regulate”)

動詞

canōnizō (present infinitive canōnizāre, perfect active canōnizāvī, supine canōnizātum); first conjugation (Medieval Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin)

1. I canonize (recognize as a saint)
   • 13th century, Anonymous, “Cronica Minor Minoritae Erphordensis”, in Monumenta Erphesfurtensia Saec. XII. XIII. XIV.‎^[1], published 1899, page 648:

     Hic papa Innocentius […] statuit […] quod nullus novus sanctus in veneratione habeatur nisi auctoritate sedis apostolice, ita quod canonizetur a papa.

     This Pope Innnocent [III] decreed […] that no new saint should be held in veneration without the authority of the apostolic see, that they therefore are to be canonized by the pope.

2. I ratify, declare something official or authoritative, e.g. as part of the biblical canon or the liturgy
   • 1074, Pope Gregory VII, “Epistola […] ad Ottonem Constantiensem Episcopum […] ”, in Conciliorum omnium generalium et provincialium collectio regia‎^[2], volume 26, published 1644, page 527:

     Sic enim legati sedis apostolicae eorumdem principalium Conciliorum sanctiones primaria subscriptione apostolica vice canonizabant.

     For the legates of the apostolic see used to ratify the decrees of the same Councils in this way in place of the principal apostolic signature.