canonize
vt. 正式宣布(某人)为圣徒
If a dead person is canonized, it is officially announced by the Catholic Church that he or she is a saint.
Joan of Arc was finally canonized by Pope Benedict XV in 1920.
圣女贞德终于在1920年由教皇本尼狄克十五世封为圣徒。
1. in the Catholic church; declare (a dead person) to be a saint;
2. treat as a sacred person;
3. add in the canon or calendar of the saints;
Text served, additionally to canonize belief.
此外, 文本被用于宣布信仰为圣.