All canonize synonyms

verb canonize

• consecrate — When a building, place, or object is consecrated, it is officially declared to be holy. When a person is consecrated, they are officially declared to be a bishop.
• beatify — When the Catholic church beatifies someone who is dead, it declares officially that they were a holy person, usually as the first step towards making them a saint.
• glorify — to cause to be or treat as being more splendid, excellent, etc., than would normally be considered.
• love — a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
• apotheosize — to deify
• deify — If someone is deified, they are considered to be a god or are regarded with very great respect.
• dedicate — If you say that someone has dedicated themselves to something, you approve of the fact that they have decided to give a lot of time and effort to it because they think that it is important.
• bless — When someone such as a priest blesses people or things, he asks for God's favour and protection for them.
• saint — any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
• worship — reverent honor and homage paid to God or a sacred personage, or to any object regarded as sacred.
• idolatrize — (transitive) To make an idol of; to idolize.
• put on a pedestal — an architectural support for a column, statue, vase, or the like.
• sanctify — to make holy; set apart as sacred; consecrate.
• hallow — to make holy; sanctify; consecrate.
• idolize — to regard with blind adoration, devotion, etc.
• adore — If you adore someone, you feel great love and admiration for them.
• venerate — to regard or treat with reverence; revere.
• revere — to regard with respect tinged with awe; venerate: The child revered her mother.