verb (v)

• declare (a dead person) to be a saint(verb.communication)

  Example:
  After he was shown to have performed a miracle, the priest was canonized.
  

  Synonym:
  canonise, saint
  

  source: wordnet30
• treat as a sacred person(verb.communication)

  Example:
  He canonizes women.
  

  Synonym:
  canonise
  

  source: wordnet30
• To declare (a deceased person) a saint; to put in the catalogue of saints; as, Thomas a Becket was canonized.(verb)

  source: webster1913