canonize
verb
[ ˈkanənʌɪz ]
• (in the Roman Catholic Church) officially declare (a dead person) to be a saint.
• "he was the last English saint to be canonized prior to the Reformation"
Similar:
beatify,
declare to be a saint,
• place in or regard as belonging to a canon of literary or artistic works.
• "they have become cult classics, canonized in American literature by many critics"
• sanction by Church authority.
Origin:
late Middle English: from late Latin canonizare ‘admit as authoritative’ (in medieval Latin ‘admit to the list of recognized saints’), from Latin canon (see canon1).
