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
"Oh," some said, "before six months are up they are certain to canonize him because he's performed so many miracles."
From The Life of Lazarillo of Tormes; his fortunes and misfortunes as told by himself by Rudder, Robert S.
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World Religions
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