canonization
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Organized by MoMA’s Ann Temkin and Michelle Kuo and Philadelphia’s Matthew Affron, “Marcel Duchamp” functions as a multi-museum-sanctioned liturgy—the canonization of contemporary art’s high priest, along with his orthodoxy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026
Church bells rang out and fireworks burst in the sky Sunday as Venezuela -- mired in crisis -- welcomed the canonization of two of its people as saints.
From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2025
Also worthy of canonization: Larry Graham’s thrumming one-note bass line.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2025
Other Scots were already intending to be in Rome for the canonization of teenage saint Carlo Acutis.
From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2025
And then I can return, triumphant, your relics in my arms, and shepherd you through the canonization process myself!
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
