Английский Этимологический словарь - apotheosis
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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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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 ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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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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