Word of the Day
Friday, November 02, 2012Canonise
\ KAN-uh-nahyz \, verb;
1.
To glorify and honour.
2.
Ecclesiastical. to place in the canon of saints.
3.
To consider or treat as sacrosanct or holy.
She is a theme of honour and renown, a spur to valiant and magnanimous deeds,
whose present courage may beat down our foes, and fame in time to come canonise
us, for I presume brave Hector would not lose.
-- William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida: Act 2, Scene 2
There are an awful lot of sanctimonious people out there who expect everyone else
to canonise them because they're going around like hall monitors confiscating all the
ashtrays
-- Christopher Buckley, Thank You for Smoking: A Novel
Canon relates to the Greek kannon, "a measuring rod."
Thanks to: www.dictionary.com
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