To admit someone into the position or status of a canon, or to treat someone as a canon.
From canon (a member of the clergy) plus -ate suffix (meaning 'to make' or 'to put in a position'). This is an ecclesiastical term from Latin origins.
In the medieval church, 'canonicating' someone meant officially enrolling them as a canon—a high-ranking clergy member with special privileges and responsibilities.
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