in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 canonise
- VERB (在天主教中)封(死者)为圣徒,封圣
If a dead person is canonized, it is officially announced by the Catholic Church that he or she is a saint.
- Joan of Arc was finally canonized by Pope Benedict XV in 1920.
圣女贞德终于在1920年由教皇本尼狄克十五世封为圣徒。