Word Meanings - APOTHEOSIS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. The act of elevating a mortal to the rank of, and placing him among, "the gods;" deification. 2. Glorification; exaltation. "The apotheosis of chivalry." Prescott. "The noisy apotheosis of liberty and machinery." F. Harrison.

Related words: (words related to APOTHEOSIS)

• PLACODERMATA
  See PLACODERMI
• PLACEMENT
  1. The act of placing, or the state of being placed. 2. Position; place.
• PLACENTARY
  Having reference to the placenta; as, the placentary system of classification.
• PLACE-KICK
  To make a place kick; to make by a place kick. -- Place"-kick`er, n.
• PLACID
  Pleased; contented; unruffied; undisturbed; serene; peaceful; tranquil; quiet; gentle. "That placid aspect and meek regard." Milton. "Sleeping . . . the placid sleep of infancy." Macaulay.
• PLACIT
  A decree or determination; a dictum. "The placits and opinions of other philosophers." Evelyn.
• PLACOPHORA
  A division of gastropod Mollusca, including the chitons. The back is covered by eight shelly plates. Called also Polyplacophora. See Illust. under Chiton, and Isopleura.
• DEIFICATION
  The act of deifying; exaltation to divine honors; apotheosis; excessive praise.
• PLACER
  One who places or sets. Spenser.
• PLACIDNESS
  The quality or state of being placid.
• PLACE
  Position in the heavens, as of a heavenly body; -- usually defined by its right ascension and declination, or by its latitude and longitude. Place of arms , a place calculated for the rendezvous of men in arms, etc., as a fort which affords a safe
• GLORIFICATION
  1. The act of glorifyng or of giving glory to. Jer. Taylor. 2. The state of being glorifed; as, the glorification of Christ after his resurrection.
• PLACOIDIAN
  One of the placoids.
• ELEVATOR
  One who, or that which, raises or lifts up anything; as: A mechanical contrivance, usually an endless belt or chain with a series of scoops or buckets, for transferring grain to an upper loft for storage. A cage or platform and the hoisting
• PLACABLENESS
  The quality of being placable.
• PLACITORY
  Of or pertaining to pleas or pleading, in courts of law. Clayton.
• PLACENTA
  The vascular appendage which connects the fetus with the parent, and is cast off in parturition with the afterbirth. Note: In most mammals the placenta is principally developed from the allantois and chorion, and tufts of vascular villi
• NOISY
  1. Making a noise, esp. a loud sound; clamorous; vociferous; turbulent; boisterous; as, the noisy crowd. 2. Full of noise. "The noisy town." Dryden.
• PLACKET
  1. A petticoat, esp. an under petticoat; hence, a cant term for a woman. Beau. & Fl. 2. The opening or slit left in a petticoat or skirt for convenience in putting it on; -- called also placket hole. 3. A woman's pocket.
• PLACOGANOIDEI
  A division of ganoid fishes including those that have large external bony plates and a cartilaginous skeleton.
• UNPLACABLE
  Implacable.
• REPLACEMENT
  The removal of an edge or an angle by one or more planes. (more info) 1. The act of replacing.
• IMMORTALIST
  One who holds the doctrine of the immortality of the soul. Jer. Taylor.
• COMPLACENCE; COMPLACENCY
  1. Calm contentment; satisfaction; gratification. The inward complacence we find in acting reasonably and virtuously. Atterbury. Others proclaim the infirmities of a great man with satisfaction and complacency, if they discover none of the like
• IMMORTAL
  1. Not mortal; exempt from liability to die; undying; imperishable; lasting forever; having unlimited, or eternal, existance. Unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible. 1 Tim. i. 17. For my soul, what can it do to that, Being a thing immortal
• APLACENTAL
  Belonging to the Aplacentata; without placenta.
• DISPLACER
  The funnel part of the apparatus for solution by displacement. (more info) 1. One that displaces.
• SUPEREXALTATION
  Elevation above the common degree. Holyday.