divinize
verb (used with object)
to make divine; deify.
divinization
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a word derived from
divinize.
Example Sentences
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The divinization of Babylonian kings, referred to above,1403 seems not to have carried worship with it.
From Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV by Morris Jastrow
The name Hestia embodies not the divinization of a concrete object, but the recognition of the divine person presiding over the object in question.
From Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV by Morris Jastrow
At a later time such divinization was sometimes treated jestingly.
From Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV by Morris Jastrow
This sort of divinization is particularly prominent in Melanesia and parts of Polynesia; it exists also in Japan and in West Africa.
From Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV by Morris Jastrow
One hero, Kwoiam of Mabuiag, is said to have been a real man, and to have been almost deified; divinization of dead men is not unusual in Polynesia.
From Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV by Morris Jastrow
