canonize
ka nuh nahyz
- 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
- 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.
- Hundreds of biographies uncritically canonize him.