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Verb: canonize  'ka-nu`nIz
  1. Declare (a dead person) to be a saint
    "After he was shown to have performed a miracle, the priest was canonized"
    - canonise [Brit], saint
     
  2. Treat as a sacred person
    "He canonizes women"
    - canonise [Brit]

Derived forms: canonized, canonizing, canonizes

See also: canon, canonization

Type of: adjudge, declare, exalt, extol, glorify, hold, laud, proclaim

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