apotheosis

[ uh-poth-ee-oh-sis, ap-uh-thee-uh-sis ]

/ əˌpɒθ iˈoʊ sɪs, ˌæp əˈθi ə sɪs /

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noun, plural a·poth·e·o·ses [uh-poth-ee-oh-seez, ap-uh-thee-uh-seez] /əˌpɒθ iˈoʊ siz, ˌæp əˈθi əˌsiz/.

the elevation or exaltation of a person to the rank of a god.

the ideal example; epitome; quintessence: This poem is the apotheosis of lyric expression.

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Origin of apotheosis

1570–80; < Late Latin < Greek. See apo-, theo-, -osis

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Examples from the Web for apotheosis

That transformation of the brand seems now to have its apotheosis in the arrival of the Tour de France.
A British Start to the Tour de France Forces the English to Wonder: What Does Being English Mean Anymore?|Clive Irving|July 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Dance is a vehicle for personal expression, community storytelling, and the apotheosis of ceremony.
Challenging Religious Tradition for the Love of God — and the Love of Dance|Moral Courage|June 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
If life has such a thing as an apotheosis, it surely involves truffled capon.
The Queen of the French Kitchen|Katie Baker|March 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Over the course of these novels, the style becomes increasingly parsimonious, reaching its apotheosis in The Golden Bowl.
Henry James’s 1904 Sordid Little Sex Farce|Nathaniel Rich|January 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST

These triumphs were seen as the apotheosis of human enterprise and might.
The 2013 Novel of the Year Is…|Nathaniel Rich|December 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST
This apotheosis by the Imagination is the subject of my present lecture.
The Pleasures of England|John Ruskin
She saw her brother Asticot transfigured into the resplendent gentleman beyond her sphere, and sighed womanlike at my apotheosis.
The Belovd Vagabond|William J. Locke
Thus the apotheosis of man is the goal aimed at in all religious activity.
The Christ Myth|Arthur Drews
The characteristic of the modern movements par excellence is the apotheosis of the insignificant.
Robert Browning|G. K. Chesterton
Free henceforth from the service of sorrow, as are the immortals, he gloried in his apotheosis, majestically serene.
Froth|Armando Palacio Valds

British Dictionary definitions for apotheosis

apotheosis

/ (əˌpɒθɪˈəʊsɪs) /

noun plural -ses (-siːz)

the elevation of a person to the rank of a god; deification

glorification of a person or thing

a glorified ideal

the best or greatest time or eventthe apotheosis of De Niro's career

Word Origin for apotheosis

C17: via Late Latin from Greek: deification, from theos god

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apotheosis

noun, plural a·poth·e·o·ses [uh-poth-ee-oh-seez, ap-uh-thee-uh-seez] /əˌpɒθ iˈoʊ siz, ˌæp əˈθi əˌsiz/.

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apotheosis

noun plural -ses (-siːz)

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