(in the Roman Catholic Church) officially declare (a dead person) to be a saint
he was the last English saint to be canonized prior to the Reformation
place in or regard as belonging to a canon of literary or artistic works
they have become cult classics, canonized in American literature by many critics
Warhol is now canonized as one of the most important artists of the twentieth century
ignoring canonized literary texts leaves these students at a disadvantage
sanction by Church authority