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
It turns out that this massive publicity blitz was built on decades of work—expensive work—to canonize Thomas.
From Slate • Aug. 10, 2023
Williams is arguably the best candidate for the Heisman Trophy, but to canonize him in such manner is another story.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2022
If voluminousness alone made a man a great writer, we should have to canonize Lord Lytton.
From The Art of Letters by Lynd, Robert
Vocabulary lists containing canonize
World Religions
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