uncanonize

English

Etymology

un- +‎ canonize

Verb

uncanonize (third-person singular simple present uncanonizes, present participle uncanonizing, simple past and past participle uncanonized)

  1. (transitive) To deprive of canonical authority.
  2. (transitive) To reduce from the rank of a canonized saint.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for uncanonize in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

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