Bible Dictionaries
Canonize

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. t.) To rate as inspired; to include in the canon.

(2):

(v. t.) To glorify; to exalt to the highest honor.

(3):

(v. t.) To declare (a deceased person) a saint; to put in the catalogue of saints; as, Thomas a Becket was canonized.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Canonize'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/canonize.html. 1828.