apotheosis

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Though perhaps misunderstood, reviled and even persecuted while living, the apotheosis is almost sure to come after death: and the victim of yesterday's mob, raised to the state of an Intercessor in Heaven, is besought with prayer and tears, and placatory penances, to mediate with God for the pardon of human sin.

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  1. noun Exaltation to divine rank or stature; deification.
  2. noun Elevation to a preeminent or transcendent position; glorification: "Many observers have tried to attribute Warhol's current apotheosis to the subversive power of artistic vision” (Michiko Kakutani).
  3. noun An exalted or glorified example: Their leader was the apotheosis of courage.

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  • Though perhaps misunderstood, reviled and even persecuted while living, the apotheosis is almost sure to come after death: and the victim of yesterday's mob, raised to the state of an Intercessor in Heaven, is besought with prayer and tears, and placatory penances, to mediate with God for the pardon of human sin. —  The Life of Buddha and Its Lessons
  • Burke's observations on the apotheosis were admirable. —  Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1
  • Yes, the first stage in her apotheosis was an undoubted success. —  Under the Skylights
  • Though perhaps misunderstood, reviled and even persecuted while living, the apotheosis is almost sure to come after death: and the victim of yesterday's mob, raised to the state of an Intercessor in —  The Life of Buddha and Its Lessons
  • Now the apotheosis is at hand. —  Dakota Voice
 

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  1. Late Latin apotheōsis, from Greek, from apotheoun, to deify : apo-, change; see apo- + theos, god; see dhēs- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Late Latin, from Greek ἀποθἐωσις, a deification, from ἀποθεόειν, ἀποθεοῦν, deify, from ἀπό, from, + θεός, a god.
 

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