Synonyms for apotheosis
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : uh-poth-ee-oh-sis, ap-uh-thee-uh-sis |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˌpɒθ iˈoʊ sɪs, ˌæp əˈθi ə sɪs |
Définition of apotheosis
Origin :- 1600s, from Late Latin apotheosis "deification," from Greek apotheosis, from apotheoun "deify, make (someone) a god," from apo- special use of this prefix, meaning, here, "change" + theos "god" (see Thea).
- noun glorification
- The little green serge curtain was then closed on this apotheosis.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- He pronounced the panegyric of Robespierre, and the apotheosis of Marat.
- Extract from : « Memoirs of the Court of St. Cloud, Complete » by Lewis Goldsmith
- The old town of Cherbourg was experiencing its semi-weekly apotheosis.
- Extract from : « The Destroyer » by Burton Egbert Stevenson
- It is difficult to trace the origin of this new theology, the apotheosis of the Dog.
- Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine, September, 1885 » by Various
- The apotheosis of these powers led to the conception of the first deity.
- Extract from : « The Evolution of the Dragon » by G. Elliot Smith
- He would have covered an acre of ceiling with an acre of apotheosis.
- Extract from : « Art in England » by Dutton Cook
- This huge building was intended by the Belgian people to be the apotheosis of Right.
- Extract from : « Belgium » by Emile Cammaerts
- That faceless and nameless horror was the apotheosis of the Imperialist.
- Extract from : « Waiting for Daylight » by Henry Major Tomlinson
- His conclusion was an apotheosis of Georgia as a Union State.
- Extract from : « Robert Toombs » by Pleasant A. Stovall
- It is too often only the apotheosis of triumphant selfishness.
- Extract from : « Our American Holidays: Lincoln's Birthday » by Various
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