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Synonyms for glorification

Grammar : Noun
Spell : glawr-uh-fi-key-shuh n, glohr-
Phonetic Transcription : ˌglɔr ə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən, ˌgloʊr-


Définition of glorification

Origin :
  • mid-15c. as a term in alchemy, "action of refining; state of being refined," from Late Latin glorificationem (nominative glorificatio), noun of action from past participle stem of glorificare (see glorify). From c.1500 in theology; general sense by mid-19c.
  • noun act of glorifying
Example sentences :
  • I require the equality of salaries, the division of benefits, the glorification of the protectorate.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
  • The World-Epos is after all only a file of the morning paper in a state of glorification.
  • Extract from : « Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 1 of 3) » by John Morley
  • Several other poets in Ferrara devoted their talents to her glorification.
  • Extract from : « Lucretia Borgia » by Ferdinand Gregorovius
  • His work is in much the glorification of revolutionary commonplace.
  • Extract from : « Critical Miscellanies, Vol. I » by John Morley
  • But this glorification of him wrought a momentous effect in the South.
  • Extract from : « The Negro and the Nation » by George S. Merriam
  • The object of the painter's design seems to have been the glorification of Music.
  • Extract from : « New Italian sketches » by John Addington Symonds
  • While we live, here is the rule of our conversation; when we die, here is the hope of our glorification.
  • Extract from : « Museum of Antiquity » by L. W. Yaggy
  • The Elegy is the glorification of the obscure; therein lies its popularity.
  • Extract from : « Stories of Authors, British and American » by Edwin Watts Chubb
  • Shall vulgarity be left just vulgar, and have no apotheosis and glorification?
  • Extract from : « Their Pilgrimage » by Charles Dudley Warner
  • In its place we have a glorification of the individual hero.
  • Extract from : « Studies on the Legend of the Holy Grail » by Alfred Nutt

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