a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization

person of exceptional holiness

[ Syn: holy man , holy person , angel ]

model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal

[ Syn: ideal , paragon , nonpareil , apotheosis , nonesuch , nonsuch ]

hold sacred

[ Syn: enshrine ]

declare (a dead person) to be a saint; After he was shown to have performed a miracle, the priest was canonized

[ Syn: canonize , canonise ]