canonize
verb (used with object)
to place in the canon of saints.
canonized
Example Sentences
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Don Orione is another Italian priest, canonized in 2004, who devoted his life to assisting others.
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
It sparked debates up and down the Golden State as many people at the time still held a high regard for the Franciscan priest who was canonized in 2015.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2026
Nicknamed “God’s influencer,” Carlo was canonized for his internet evangelism, his faith amid fatal sickness and other reasons, including two healing miracles attributed to his posthumous intervention.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025
Catholic school nuns practically canonized John F. Kennedy, never ceasing to remind us students that he was the first Catholic President.
From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2024
Poverty was a gleaming thing; she could not conceive of poor people being vicious or nasty because their poverty had canonized them, and the greatest saints were the foreign poor.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
