canonization
Example Sentences
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Finally, we have the canonization of Simone Biles — a holy woman.
From Washington Times
The recognition is one of the earliest stages of the long process that can lead to canonization.
From Washington Post
The canonization of Liz Cheney and other "reasonable" Republicans is also an extension of the cult of worship and undeserved reverence for Ronald Reagan.
From Salon
In this light, there are new memories to balance the past canonization, and there is history to know — or remember — coldly.
From Washington Post
It is a layer cake so rich that the self-abnegating Albanian-born nun, whose work with India’s dying poor led to a Nobel Prize during her lifetime and canonization after, would surely never touch it.
From New York Times
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