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Six example sentences with canonize, each labelled with its topic.
Joan of Arc died in 1431, yet Rome waited nearly five centuries to canonize her before crowds in 1920.
History
Painters added a golden ring above the friar's head only after the church agreed to canonize him.
Art
The novel follows a village that petitions Rome for decades to canonize a healer buried two centuries before the story opens.
Literature
Rome waited until 1323 to canonize Thomas Aquinas, half a century after his treatises had reshaped university teaching.
Philosophy
The king lobbied Rome to canonize his grandfather, knowing a saint in the family would strengthen his claim.
Politics
The town began building a shrine before Rome had agreed to canonize the bishop buried in the crypt.
Architecture
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