glorification

[glawr-uh-fi-key-shuh n, glohr-]

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noun

a glorified or more splendid form of something.
the act of glorifying.
the state of being glorified.

exaltation to the glory of heaven.

Origin of glorification

1425–75; late Middle English < Late Latin glōrificātiōn- (stem of glōrificātiō), equivalent to glōrific(āre) to glorify + -ātiōn- -ation

Related formsde·glo·ri·fi·ca·tion, nounre·glo·ri·fi·ca·tion, nounself-glo·ri·fi·ca·tion, noun

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Related Words for glorification

exaltation, translation, apotheosis, deification

Examples from the Web for glorification

Contemporary Examples of glorification

This was a series that traded the glorification of moral bankruptcy for family values.
The Shocking Rise and Fall of ‘Honey Boo Boo’
Kevin Fallon
October 24, 2014
The self-portrait as a glorification of the artist took off in the 1490s, according to Hall.
The Original Selfies
William O’Connor
April 15, 2014
The glorification of merit, it turns out, has a profoundly threatening downside.
You Don't Deserve to Be Rich
Matt Miller
February 22, 2009

Historical Examples of glorification

I require the equality of salaries, the division of benefits, the glorification of the protectorate.
L'Assommoir
Emile Zola
The World-Epos is after all only a file of the morning paper in a state of glorification.
Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 1 of 3)
John Morley
Several other poets in Ferrara devoted their talents to her glorification.
Lucretia Borgia
Ferdinand Gregorovius
His work is in much the glorification of revolutionary commonplace.
Critical Miscellanies, Vol. I
John Morley
But this glorification of him wrought a momentous effect in the South.
The Negro and the Nation
George S. Merriam

British Dictionary definitions for glorification

glorification

noun

the act of glorifying or state of being glorified
informal an enhanced or favourably exaggerated version or account
British informal a celebration

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Word Origin and History for glorification

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.