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Noun: deification  ,dee-u-fu'key-shun
  1. The elevation of a person (as to the status of a god)
    "The deification of the emperor was common in ancient Rome";
    - exaltation, apotheosis
     
  2. The condition of being treated like a god
    "The deification of the emperor was a common practice in ancient Rome"
     
  3. An embodiment of the qualities of a god
    "the capitalists' deification of capital"

Derived forms: deifications

Type of: avatar, condition, embodiment, incarnation, status, worship

Encyclopedia: Deification