• (GA) IPA: /ˈkænənaɪz/

canonize (canonizes, present participle canonizing; past and past participle canonized) (US, Oxford British English)

1. (transitive) To establish as a formal, standard rule.
2. (transitive) To declare (a person) as a saint.

   Thomas Becket was canonized.

3. (transitive) To glorify; to exalt to the highest honour.
   • c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act II, scene ii]:

     Fame in time to come canonize us.

• Russian: канонизи́ровать

• French: canoniser
• German: heiligsprechen
• Italian: santificare, canonizzare
• Portuguese: canonizar
• Russian: обожествля́ть
• Spanish: canonizar