canonizer
/ˈkænənaɪzər/
noun
- A person who officially declares someone a saint in the Catholic Church.
- The canonizer reviewed the miracles attributed to the candidate for sainthood.
- The pope is the ultimate canonizer in the Catholic Church.
- As a canonizer, she had the authority to approve the final step in the process.
- A person who accepts or treats something as officially part of a set of accepted works, rules, or standards.
- He acted as a canonizer of the new design standards for the industry.
- The literary critic became a canonizer of modern poetry by including it in the university syllabus.
- The museum's director was a canonizer of contemporary art, deciding which pieces were worthy of display.
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