Verb (used with object), : They canonized the Song of Solomon after much controversy. ,They canonized his many verbal foibles and made them gospel.    From Dictionary.com. 

We are living in a world where many are "canonised" when they die, or at least guaranteed a place in heaven.    From Wordnik.com.  [Catholic Church Conservation] Reference

The Bishop died in 1253 and he was at once canonised.    From Wordnik.com.  [Highways & Byways in Sussex] Reference

The last saints canonised in Britain were the 40 Martyrs in 1970.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pope Benedict XVI clears way for Cardinal Newman to become a saint] Reference

President of Mansfield College; and after I had canonised you too.    From Wordnik.com.  [Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions] Reference

Neri, the founder of oratorio, both of whom were afterward canonised.    From Wordnik.com.  [Among the Great Masters of Music Scenes in the Lives of Famous Musicians] Reference

Anselm of Aosta, late abbot of Bec, also an archbishop, canonised at the.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance] Reference

Statues of four canonised sculptors, by Banco, for the builders and carpenters.    From Wordnik.com.  [The South of France—East Half] Reference

During his episcopate Richard was canonised, a deputation, sent at great cost to.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bell's Cathedrals: Chichester (1901) A Short History & Description Of Its Fabric With An Account Of The Diocese And See] Reference

She died in October 1690, and was canonised by Pio IX. on the 14th October 1864.    From Wordnik.com.  [The South of France—East Half] Reference

In his 27-year pontificate he beatified more than 1,338 people and canonised 482.    From Wordnik.com.  [Friday, February 29, 2008] Reference

An era which had canonised hypocrisy, so that to seem to be respectable was to be.    From Wordnik.com.  [In Chancery] Reference

Mark E Smith himself continues to be both canonised and caricatured in equal measures.    From Wordnik.com.  [FallNews] Reference

If they die in the field, they go directly to heaven, and shall be canonised for saints.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anatomy of Melancholy] Reference

On 26th April 2009 he will be one of the saints canonised at a ceremony in St Peters Square, Rome.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-04-01] Reference

They should be canonised and memorised and recited in the morning like a powerful life-affirming mantra.    From Wordnik.com.  [Minigames: Worse Than Hitler?] Reference

Will there be a condemnation on how some clergy canonised him becase they so want to belong the American dream?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Swedish TV, part 2: Upcoming attack on the Holy Father scheduled for Wednesday] Reference

Write more of the nomination for Community Midwife of the Year for my lovely midwife see about having her canonised.    From Wordnik.com.  [To Do today in this house] Reference

So for every commonplace marriage there is a canonised love, and the story is told in the old Greek civilisation by the Hetairae.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Kempton-Wace Letters] Reference

They instigated murders, and clamoured because the murderers were not regarded as heroes; or if they were hung, canonised them as martyrs.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent] Reference