† portessv.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To include among the saints named in the breviary; to canonize.
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canonizec1380
sanctify1390
saint1487
to shrine (a person) for a saint1530
portess1570
rubricate1570
holy1578
calendar1597
beheaven1601
besainta1603
templify1615
beatify1629
beatificate1636
1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 1217/1 After an hundreth yeares expired, they shal also be shryned and portessed, dying as they did in that quarell of the Church of Rome.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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