transitive. To place in the canon or calendar of the saints, according to the rules and with the ceremonies observed by the Church.

To canonize, make a saint of. Obsolete.

transitive. To call (a person) a saint, give the name of ‘saint’ to; to reckon among the saints; spec. to enroll among the number of saints…

to shrine (a person) for a saint: to venerate or proclaim him as a saint. Also figurative.

transitive. To include among the saints named in the breviary; to canonize.

transitive. To enter (a name) in red letters in a calendar of saints. Cf. red-letter, v. Obsolete.

transitive. To make holy, sanctify, consecrate; to make a saint of, canonize.

spec. To register in the calendar of saints or saints' days.

transitive. To endow with celestial bliss, to beatify.

transitive. To make a saint of, canonize.

transitive. To make into a temple.

Roman Catholic Church. To pronounce (a person) to be in enjoyment of heavenly bliss: see beatification, n. 2.

= beatify, v.; cf. also beatification, n. 2.