Helen Fenton

Canonization: Definition and part of speech

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Canonization

  1. n. The state of being canonized or sainted.
  2. n. The final process or decree (following beatifacation) by which the name of a deceased person is placed in the catalogue (canon) of saints and commended to perpetual veneration and invocation.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Cannon: Definition and part of speech

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Cannon

  1. n. & v. See Carom.
  2. pl. of Cannon
  3. n. A great gun; a piece of ordnance or artillery; a firearm for discharging heavy shot with great force.
  4. n. A hollow cylindrical piece carried by a revolving shaft, on which it may, however, revolve independently.
  5. n. A kind of type. See Canon.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Cannonade: Definition and part of speech

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Cannonade

  1. imp. & p. p. of Cannonade
  2. n. The act of discharging cannon and throwing ball, shell, etc., for the purpose of destroying an army, or battering a town, ship, or fort; — usually, an attack of some continuance.
  3. n. Fig.; A loud noise like a cannonade; a booming.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.