[n] model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal
[n] person of exceptional holiness
[n] a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization
[v] in the Catholic church; declare (a dead person) to be a saint; "After he was shown to have performed a miracle, the priest was canonized"
[v] hold sacred
Synonyms
angel, apotheosis, canonise, canonize, enshrine, holy man, holy person, ideal, nonesuch, nonpareil, nonsuch, paragon