Synonyms of the word

canonise

• v. Non-Oxford British English spelling of canonize.

adjudge

• v. To declare to be.
• v. To deem or determine to be.
• v. To award judicially; to assign.

canonize

• v. (transitive) To establish as a formal, standard rule.
• v. (transitive) To declare (a person) as a saint.
• v. (transitive) To glorify; to exalt to the highest honour.

declare

• v. (obsolete, transitive) To make clear, explain, interpret.
• v. (intransitive) To make a declaration.
• v. (transitive) To announce one’s support, choice, opinion, etc.
• v. (intransitive, cricket) For the captain of the batting side to announce the innings complete even though…
• v. (transitive) To announce something formally or officially.
• v. (intransitive, politics) For a constituency in an election to officially announce the result.
• v. (transitive) To affirm or state something emphatically.
• v. (transitive) To inform government customs or taxation officials of goods one is importing or of income,…
• v. (transitive) To make outstanding debts, e.g. taxes, payable.
• v. (transitive, programming) To explicitly include (a variable) as part of a list of variables, often providing…

exalt

• v. (transitive) To honor; to hold in high esteem.
• v. (transitive) To raise in rank, status etc., to elevate.

extol

• v. To praise; to make high.

glorify

• v. (transitive) To exalt, or give glory or praise to (something or someone).
• v. (transitive) To make (something) appear to be more glorious than it is; regard something or someone excellent…
• v. (transitive) To worship or extol.

hold

• adj. (obsolete) Gracious; friendly; faithful; true.
• v. (transitive) To grasp or grip.
• v. (transitive) To contain or store.
• v. (heading) To maintain or keep to a position or state.
• v. (heading) To maintain or keep to particular opinions, promises, actions.
• v. (tennis, transitive, intransitive) To win one's own service game.
• v. To take place, to occur.
• v. To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).
• v. (archaic) To derive right or title.
• n. A grasp or grip.
• n. A place where animals are held for safety.
• n. An order that something is to be reserved or delayed, limiting or preventing how it can be dealt with.
• n. Something reserved or kept.
• n. Power over someone or something.
• n. The ability to persist.
• n. The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair.
• n. (wrestling) A position or grip used to control the opponent.
• n. (exercise (sport)) An exercise involving holding a position for a set time.
• n. (gambling) The percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold.
• n. (gambling) The wager amount, the total hold.
• n. (tennis) An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken.
• n. The part of an object one is intended to grasp, or anything one can use for grasping with hands or feet.
• n. A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin.
• n. (video games, dated) A pause facility.
• n. The queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when…
• n. (nautical, aviation) The cargo area of a ship or aircraft, (often cargo hold).

laud

• n. Praise or glorification.
• n. Hymn of praise.
• n. (in the plural, also Lauds) A prayer service following matins.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) to praise, to glorify.

proclaim

• v. To excitedly, verbosely and candidly describe.
• v. To announce or declare.

saint

• n. A person to whom a church or another religious group has officially attributed the title of "saint"; a…
• n. (figuratively, by extension) A person with positive qualities; one who does good.
• n. One who is sanctified or made holy; a person who is separated unto God’s service.
• n. One of the blessed in heaven.
• n. (archaic) A holy object.
• v. (nonstandard) To canonize, to formally recognize someone as a saint.