deification
nounEtymology From Middle English deificacion, from Middle French deifier + -acion or borrowed directly from Latin deificātiō(n), from deific(ā) (“deify”) + -tiō(n) (noun suffix), from de(i) (“god”) + -ficō (“make”). By surface analysis, deif(y) + -ication. * In the Christian, theological sense, influenced by the use of deificātiō(n) as Latin translation of Byzantine Greek θέωσις (théōsis).
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Usually The act of deifying; exaltation to divine honors; apotheosis.
2
Usually Excessive praise.
3
Usually A deified embodiment.
- We went through the main hall, four-armed Amaat looming, the air still smelling of incense and the heap of flowers at the god's feet and knees, back to a tiny chapel tucked into a corner, dedicated to an old and now-obscure provincial god, one of those personifications of abstract concepts so many pantheons hold, in this case a deification of legitimate political authority.2013, Ann Leckie, Ancillary Justice:
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Christianity, Lifestyle, Religion, Theology Usually Union with God; theosis.
- There is an experiential component to Maximos’ writings: he draws upon the reality of the contemplative life and in doing so secures deification as the goal of the monastic spiritual life in Orthodoxy.2010, Paul M. Collins, Partaking in Divine Nature: Deification and Communion, page 108:
- Synonyms
- divinisation, divinization, apotheosis, euhemerization
- Derived terms
- semideification