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• v  declare (a dead person) to be a saint
  After he was shown to have performed a miracle, the priest was canonized
• v  treat as a sacred person
  He canonizes women

• Hundreds of biographies uncritically canonize him.
• The Union of Workers and Employees of the Food Industry cabled a request to Pope Pius XII to canonize Evita.
• Still, nothing in recent times has quite equaled the blitz of language that has been employed by the White House to certify and canonize the success of the Cambodian venture.

• canonise
• saint

News & Articles

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• Venezuelan president seeks canonization for doctor
  Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has asked Pope Francis to canonize a doctor who tended to the poor in Caracas and is considered a saint already by many Venezuelans.
  June 17, 2013 - Fox News
• Venezuelan president meets pope amid political tensions, seeks canonization for doctor
  VATICAN CITY — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has asked Pope Francis to canonize a doctor who tended to the poor in Caracas and is considered a saint already by many Venezuelans.
  June 17, 2013 - Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune

Quotes

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• Joe Biden in International Herald Tribune
  Biden said the priests at his Catholic school taught him to be a fan of the Green Bay Packers because of their ties to northeast Wisconsin, joking they were "prepared to canonize" coach Vince Lombardi.
• Erica Jong in Washington Post
  Oprah was furious about that article,author Erica Jong told Kelley, "and she told me she did not want anyone writing about her, especially a white woman for a white publication. 'I don't need a honky magazine to canonize me,' she said."