Apotheosis – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
apotheosis
n.
elevation to high status; deification; ideal example
Apotheosis
Apotheosis (from
Greek ἀποθέωσις from ἀποθεοῦν,
apotheoun "to deify"; in Latin
deificatio "making divine"; also called
divinization and
deification) is the glorification of a subject to
divine level. The term has meanings in
theology, where it refers to a
belief, and in
art, where it refers to a
genre.
apotheosis
Noun
1. model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal
(synonym) ideal, paragon, nonpareil, saint, nonesuch, nonsuch
(hypernym) model, role model
(hyponym) jimdandy, jimhickey, crackerjack
(derivation) apotheosize, apotheosise, apotheose
2. the elevation of a person (as to the status of a god)
(synonym) deification, exaltation
(hypernym) worship
Apotheosis
(n. pl.)
The act of elevating a mortal to the rank of, and placing him among, "the gods;" deification.
(n. pl.)
Glorification; exaltation.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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apotheosis
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deification| transformation into a god; (by extension) canonization (saint)
