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1. Accorded sacrosanct or authoritative standing
   - canonized, canonised [Brit]

1. Praise, glorify, or honour
   "glorify one's spouse's cooking"
   - laud, extol, exalt, proclaim
    
2. Bestow glory upon
   "The victory over the enemy glorified the Republic"
    
3. Elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration
   - transfigure, spiritualize, spiritualise [Brit]
    
4. Cause to seem more splendid
   "You are glorifying a rather mediocre building"

See also: authorised [Brit], authorized, glorification, glory

Type of: aggrandise [Brit], aggrandize, alter, blow up, change, dramatise [Brit], dramatize, embellish, embroider, lard, modify, pad, praise

Encyclopedia: Glorified