Ap`o*the"o*sis . [L., fr. Gr. , fr. to deify; from + to deify, a god.]
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.
© Webster 1913.