canonizes
Declares officially holy
Canonizes means to officially declare someone a saint in the Catholic Church, the final step in a formal process of recognition.
More broadly, it means to treat someone or something as authoritative or worthy of veneration: The literary establishment canonizes certain authors while ignoring others.
The word often carries skepticism about whose work gets elevated to classic status.
State of being canonized
- beatificationDeclaring someone among blessed
- saintCanonized holy person
- VaticanPapal city-state
- popeCatholic Church's supreme leader
papacy · miracles · martyrdom · relics · veneration · holiness · apostles · clergy
Make sacred officially
- blessConfer favor upon
- hallowTo make sacred
- anointApply ceremonial oil
- beatifyDeclare officially blessed
ordain · enshrine · venerate · revere · glorify · exalt · dedicate · sacralize
Preserve as sacred
- immortalizeMake lastingly famous
- elevateTo raise upward
- celebrateHonor through festivity
- honorHigh regard, moral dignity
venerate · acclaim · memorialize · commemorate · lionize · mythologize · idealize · revere
sainthood
State of being canonized
- beatificationDeclaring someone among blessed
- saintCanonized holy person
- VaticanPapal city-state
pope · papacy · miracles · martyrdom · relics · veneration · holiness · apostles · clergy · ecclesiastical
consecrate
Make sacred officially
beatify · ordain · enshrine · venerate · revere · glorify · exalt · dedicate · sacralize · purify
enshrine
Preserve as sacred
- immortalizeMake lastingly famous
- elevateTo raise upward
- celebrateHonor through festivity
honor · venerate · acclaim · memorialize · commemorate · lionize · mythologize · idealize · revere · glorify
codify
Organize into formal rules
- systematizeArrange into ordered structure
- formalizeMake official or systematic
- normalizeMake regular or standard
regulate · unify · establish · enshrine · institutionalize · benchmark · prescribe · entrench · cement · solidify
authorize
Grant formal permission
confirm · sanction · approve · uphold · endorse · recognize · affirm · certify · establish · decree
canonizesmarginalizes
Relegates to insignificance
excludes · dismisses · suppresses · censors · bans