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Apotheosis
apotheosis
1. If something is the apotheosis of something else, it is an ideal or typical example of it. (FORMAL) The Oriental in Bangkok is the apotheosis of the grand hotel. = epitome N-SING: oft N of n 2. If you describe an event or a time as someone’s apotheosis, you mean that it was the high point in their career or their life. (FORMAL) That night was Richard’s apotheosis. N-SING: with poss
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noun (plural apotheoses) Etymology: Late Latin, from Greek apotheosis, from apotheoun to deify, from apo- + theos god Date: circa 1580 1. elevation to divine status ; deification 2. the perfect example ; quintessence this is the literary ~ of the shaggy dog story — Thomas Sutcliffe • apotheosize transitive verb ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. (pl. apotheoses) 1 elevation to divine status; deification. 2 a glorification of a thing; a sublime example (apotheosis of the dance). 3 a deified ideal. Etymology: eccl.L f. Gk apotheoo make a god of (as APO-, theos god) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. прославление, апофеоз 2. обожествление 3. идеал, чистейший образец she is the apotheosis of womanhood —- она воплощение женственности 4. церк. канонизания 5. редк. вознесение к славе ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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~ n plural apotheoses, C usually singular formal 1 the best and most perfect example of something + of (the apotheosis of French 16th century art) 2 the state of getting to the highest level of something such as honour, importance etc ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1570, from L.L. apotheosis, from Gk. apotheosis, from apotheoun "deify," from apo- special use of this prefix, meaning, here, "change" + theos "god." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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