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CANONIZE
Definition of CANONIZE
verb
To declare (a deceased person) as a saint, and enter them into the canon of saints.
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Where it comes from
From Late Middle English canonizen (“to declare as a saint; to appoint to an ecclesiastical office”), from Old French canonisier (modern French canoniser (“to canonize”)), or from its etymon Medieval Latin, Late Latin canōnizāre, the present active infinitive of Latin canōnizō (“to recognize as a saint, canonize; to declare as authoritative or official”), from Latin canōn (“measuring line; (figurative) precept, rule, canon; authorized catalogue”) + -izō (suffix forming verbs). The English word is analysable as canon (“general principle, rule; authoritative group of works; catalogue of saints canonized in the Roman Catholic Church”) + -ize.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,633)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CANONIZE · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CANONIZE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CANONIZE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEINNOZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start CANONI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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