glorification
IPA: gɫɔrʌfɪkˈeɪʃʌn
noun
- The act of glorifying or the state of being glorified.
- Specifically, the ascension (of Christ or humans) to the glory of heaven.
- The worshiping of a deity; extolment or laudation.
- The portrayal of something as being ideal; idealization.
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Examples of "glorification" in Sentences
- Virgil's Georgics have been described as a glorification of labour.
- Christ is sometimes called his glorification (ch.xiii. 31); for in his cross he conquered and triumphed.
- And so it went, verses new and old, verses without end, all in glorification of the succulent shellfish of Carmel.
- The detective story, the "adult" analogue of a juvenile adventure tale, has at times been described as a glorification of intellectualized conflict.
- It is what I call glorification, to have a noble beast under you, that you can turn and wind and check and set forward as you please, as if his limbs were your own.
- Son -- who possessed all the infirmities and lusts of humanity without sin -- because they were overcome by the Father and the God within, to whom the Son was conjoined when the conquest, called his glorification, was complete.
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