canonize

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

From Salon • Sep. 27, 2025

As we posthumously canonize David Lynch, it might be tempting to assume he came out of the womb the supremely confident, eccentric auteur the world became enthralled by in the 1980s and ’90s.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 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

It turns out that this massive publicity blitz was built on decades of work—expensive work—to canonize Thomas.

From Slate • Aug. 10, 2023

The cardinal took the servant with him to Rome, gave an account of his mission to the pope, who refused to canonize the child as the bishop kept asking him.

From Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster by Sastrow, Bartholomew