deification
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deification
Rhymes with -eɪʃən
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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 Medieval Greek θέωσις (théōsis).
noun deifications
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The act of deifying; exaltation to divine honors; apotheosis.
Similar: divinisation, divinization, apotheosis
- Excessive praise.
- 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 p
- 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.
Similar: euhemerization
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noun Act of deifying
| Español | deificación |
|---|---|
| Português | deificação, endeusamento |
| Français | déification |
| Deutsch | Vergötterung |
| Ελληνικά | θεοποίηση theopoíisi, αποθέωση apothéosi |
| Русский | обожествле́ние obožestvlénije, боготворе́ние bogotvorénije |
| العربية | تَأْلِيه taʔlīh |
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