canonized
Declared a saint
Canonized describes someone who has been officially declared a saint by a church, particularly the Roman Catholic Church: She was canonized in 1920.
The term extends to anything elevated to an authoritative or revered status: canonized works of Western literature, canonized interpretations of the Constitution.
The underlying idea is formal admission into an official canon or list of the venerated.
State of being canonized
- beatificationDeclaring someone among blessed
- holinessSacred spiritual purity
- sanctityQuality of being inviolable
- martyrdomSuffering for conviction
miracles · relics · piety · devotion · papacy · Vatican · pontiff · doctrine
Profound admiring respect
- worshipReligious reverence and praise
- adorationProfound loving regard
- glorificationElevating praise or worship
- exaltationIntense joyful elevation
homage · enshrinement · immortalization · deification · apotheosis · sanctification · elevation · beatification
Having recognized expertise
- definitiveSettling a question finally
- classicOf lasting excellence
- masterworkSupreme creative achievement
- acceptedFormally agreed to
established · foundational · seminal · essential · timeless · enduring · revered · landmark
Honored through ceremony
- memorializedHonored through lasting tribute
- rememberedBrought back to mind
- honoredGiven recognition or respect
- celebratedWidely known and praised
preserved · immortalized · heritage · tradition · founders · forebears · testament · lineage
Authority-sanctioned person or status
- orthodoxConforming to established belief
- codifiedMade into systematic rules
- authorizedGiven official permission
- acceptedFormally agreed to
established · mainstream · conventional · normative · sanctioned · approved · recognized · institutional
sainthood
State of being canonized
- beatificationDeclaring someone among blessed
- holinessSacred spiritual purity
- sanctityQuality of being inviolable
martyrdom · miracles · relics · piety · devotion · papacy · Vatican · pontiff · doctrine · theology
reverence
Profound admiring respect
- worshipReligious reverence and praise
- adorationProfound loving regard
- glorificationElevating praise or worship
exaltation · homage · enshrinement · immortalization · deification · apotheosis · sanctification · elevation · beatification · laudation
authoritative
Having recognized expertise
- definitiveSettling a question finally
- classicOf lasting excellence
- masterworkSupreme creative achievement
accepted · established · foundational · seminal · essential · timeless · enduring · revered · landmark · influential
commemorated
Honored through ceremony
- memorializedHonored through lasting tribute
- rememberedBrought back to mind
- honoredGiven recognition or respect
celebrated · preserved · immortalized · heritage · tradition · founders · forebears · testament · lineage · ancestry
official
Authority-sanctioned person or status
- orthodoxConforming to established belief
- codifiedMade into systematic rules
- authorizedGiven official permission
accepted · established · mainstream · conventional · normative · sanctioned · approved · recognized · institutional · formalized
canonizeddamned
Condemned to hell
condemned · excommunicated · anathematized · cursed · unhallowed
canonizedunauthorized
Not officially permitted
unauthorised · rejected · delegitimized · disavowed · unsanctioned