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

I was like, “I want to canonize that line. This needs to be a play. This needs to be a movie.”

From Slate • Jul. 7, 2021

We need not suppose Christopher Columbus and Washington saints, seeing there is no inclination to canonize them; but we need not hold their follies up to wake the guffaw of a crowd.

From A Hero and Some Other Folks by Quayle, William A. (William Alfred)