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The act of deifying; exaltation to divine honors; apotheosis.uncountableusually
- 2
Excessive praise.uncountableusually
- 3
A deified embodiment.uncountableusually
- 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,
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Union with God; theosis.uncountableusually
- 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.
syn. euhemerization