noun a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonizationperson of exceptional holinessmodel of excellence or perfection of a kind 💬 Examples "one having no equal" 🔗 Similar words holy_manholy_personangelidealparagonnonpareil
verb hold sacreddeclare (a dead person) to be a saint 💬 Examples "After he was shown to have performed a miracle, the priest was canonized" 🔗 Similar words enshrinecanonizecanonise