canonize /ˈkænəˌnaɪz/ ( canonizing, canonized, canonizes )

BRIT also canonise

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  V-T If a dead person is canonized, it is officially announced by the Catholic Church that he or she is a saint. 追封为圣徒 [usu passive]

  例：

  Joan of Arc was finally canonized by Pope Benedict XV in 1920.

  圣女贞德最终在1920年被教皇本笃十五世追封为圣徒。