Usually means: Making officially recognized as sacred.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word canonizing:

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  1. canonizing: Merriam-Webster
  2. canonizing: Collins English Dictionary
  3. canonizing: Vocabulary.com
  4. canonizing: Wordnik
  5. canonizing: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. canonizing: Wiktionary
  7. Canonizing, canonizing: Dictionary.com
  8. Canonizing: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. Canonizing: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. canonizing: FreeDictionary.org
  11. canonizing: TheFreeDictionary.com

(Note: See canonize as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (canonize)

verb:  (chiefly Roman Catholicism) To declare (a deceased person) as a saint, and enter them into the canon of saints.
verb:  (figurative) To regard as a saint; to glorify, to exalt to the highest honour.
verb:  (Christianity) To formally declare (a piece of religious writing) to be part of the biblical canon.
verb:  (by extension) To regard (an artistic or written work or its creator) as one of a group that are representative of a particular field.
verb:  (chiefly Christianity) Especially of a church: to give official approval to; to authorize, to sanction.
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