Canonise – Roman catholic Church officially declaring a dead person to be a saint
(Pronounced can-uhn-ize)
To remember the definition of the word canonise, use the following mnemonic:
The cannon fires into the skies (canonise) to proclaim a new saint.
Examples of canonise in a sentence
Pope John Paul II, at eighty-two years of age, travelled to Mexico to canonise Juan Diego.
Clergy record miracles they have performed, as evidence to canonise a saint.
Joan of Arc was canonised by the Roman Catholic Church in 1920.
