canonize

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Memes, livestreams and hashtags now allow anyone to canonize someone they admire.

From Salon • Sep. 27, 2025

“It’s a gift of God that Pope Francis — an Argentine pope, a Jesuit pope — can canonize her,” he said.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 11, 2024

Kidder wasn’t necessarily looking for another Ivy League-educated doctor to canonize.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2023

No musician of Rosbaud’s generation did more to canonize its avant-garde.

From New York Times • Jan. 13, 2022

Six several attempts were made, at various times, to canonize Capistrano, but the fates were against it.

From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Lea, Henry Charles