canonize
vt. 正式宣佈(某人)為聖徒
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.
聖女貞德終於在1920年由教皇本尼狄克十五世封為聖徒。
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, 文字被用於宣佈信仰為聖.