apotheosyn.
/əˈpɒθɪəsi/, U.S. /əˈpɑθiəsi/ rare after 17th cent.
= apotheosis n. (in various senses).In quot. 1853 with reference to quot. 1647.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > exaltation or glorification > [noun] > glorification of a principle or practice
apotheosy1600
apotheosis1651
consecration1807
1600 C. Tourneur Transformed Metamorph. Ded. to C. Heydon sig. A2 To thee, I write my Apotheosie.
1647 P. Best Myst. Discovered ii. 5 A Trinity implying Polytheosie, or Apotheosie, i. e. many gods or a man-god.
1692 A. Dacier & A. Dacier tr. Life Marcus Aurelius 25 in M. Casaubon tr. Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Meditations Antoninus had no sooner finished this Apotheosie of his Father, but he found himself troubled with an infinite number of Petitions.
1853 Christian Reformer Aug. 500 He proceeds to identify some of the marks of the Christian church with the w——e of Babylon, dwelling, amongst other signs,on its love of mystery, its persecution of the saints, its polytheism, and its apotheosie of a man-god.
1927 B. Vanzetti Let. 15 May in N. Sacco & B. Vanzetti Lett. (2007) 190 Objectively, to me, this universal insurgence against a wrong, in behalf of two humblest men, is an apotheosy.
1954 Midwest Folklore 4 224 He made his grandfather Litvák Mayer tell the Wandering Jew's apotheosy in the last song of his epic poem.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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