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0 (in the Roman Catholic Church) to announce officially that a dead person is a saint:
In Guatemala, the pope canonized Pedro de San Jose de Betancurt, Central America's first saint.
Joan of Arc was eventually canonized in 1920.
The rebel leader was canonized by left-wingers in the late 1960s.
Although many denounced him, the press canonized him as a new "American hero".
He was history's most canonized basketball player.
1 to accept something as belonging to a canon (= an official list) of respected works, ideas, etc.:
This view is based on the conception that the main function of criticism is to define and canonize the genuine classics of literature.
The convention stunned the Church by canonizing the ordination of women.