Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act of glorifying, or of ascribing glory and honor to a person or thing.
  • noun An ascription of glory; a formula of glorifying; specifically, a gloria or doxology.
  • noun The state of being glorified or raised to glory; exaltation to honor and dignity.
  • noun A celebration or jubilation: as, to hold a glorification over a victory.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The act of glorifying or of giving glory to.
  • noun The state of being glorifed.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The act of glorifying or the state of being glorified.
  • noun The worshiping of a deity; extolment or laudation.
  • noun The portrayal of something as being ideal; idealization.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a state of high honor
  • noun a portrayal of something as ideal
  • noun the act of glorifying (as in worship)

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Examples

  • It is what I call glorification, to have a noble beast under you, that you can turn and wind and check and set forward as you please, as if his limbs were your own.

    Horse-Shoe Robinson: A Tale of the Tory Ascendency. 1852

  • And so it went, verses new and old, verses without end, all in glorification of the succulent shellfish of Carmel.

    CHAPTER VIII 2010

  • And so it went, verses new and old, verses without end, all in glorification of the succulent shellfish of Carmel.

    Chapter 8 1913

  • Virgil's Georgics have been described as a glorification of labour.

    Diderot and the Encyclopaedists Morley, John, 1838-1923 1905

  • Virgil's Georgics have been described as a glorification of labour.

    Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2) John Morley 1880

  • Son -- who possessed all the infirmities and lusts of humanity without sin -- because they were overcome by the Father and the God within, to whom the Son was conjoined when the conquest, called his glorification, was complete.

    The Rev. J. W. Loguen, as a Slave and as a Freeman. A Narrative of Real Life. Jermain Wesley 1859

  • Christ is sometimes called his glorification (ch.xiii. 31); for in his cross he conquered and triumphed.

    Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John) 1721

  • The detective story, the "adult" analogue of a juvenile adventure tale, has at times been described as a glorification of intellectualized conflict.

    LearnHub Activities 2009

  • The detective story, the "adult" analogue of a juvenile adventure tale, has at times been described as a glorification of intellectualized conflict.

    LearnHub Activities 2009

  • The detective story, the "adult" analogue of a juvenile adventure tale, has at times been described as a glorification of intellectualized conflict.

    LearnHub Activities 2009

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