To honor as holy, glorify; to extol for excellence.
To make something holy by religious rite, sanctify.
To make the sign of the cross upon, so as to sanctify.
To esteem or account happy; to felicitate.
To invoke divine favor upon.
To turn (a reference) into an object.
Used as an expression of endearment, gratitude, or (ironically) belittlement.
To regard as a saint; to glorify, to exalt to the highest honour.
To declare (a deceased person) as a saint, and enter them into the canon of saints.
To regard (an artistic or written work or its creator) as one of a group that are representative of a particular field.
Especially of a church: to give official approval to; to authorize, to sanction.
To formally declare (a piece of religious writing) to be part of the biblical canon.