apotheosisn.

Brit.

/əˌpɒθɪˈəʊsɪs/, U.S.

/əˌpɑθiˈoʊsəs/

Forms: 1500s– apotheosis, 1600s apotheoisis.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin apotheosis.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin apotheosis deification (late 2nd cent. in Tertullian), ascent to heaven of a saint (a1508) < Hellenistic Greek ἀποθέωσις deification < ἀποθεοῦν to deify ( < ancient Greek ἀπο- apo- prefix + θεοῦν to make a god of < θεός god: see theo- comb. form) + -σις -sis suffix. Compare Middle French, French apothéose (1581). N.E.D. (1885) gives two pronunciations (æpoþī·ŏsis, ăpǫ:þiˌō^u·sis) /æpəʊˈθiːəsɪs/, /əˌpɒθiːˈəʊsɪs/, noting: ‘the great majority of orthoepists, from Bailey and Johnson downward, give the first pronunciation, but the second is now more usual’. Most dictionaries from the early 20th cent. onwards give only the pronunciation with stress on the penultimate syllable.

†1. An apotheosized person or being. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1573 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 71 We knowe not for certainty whether any sutch creatures and apotheoses were ever in the worlde or noe.

2. Ascension into heaven; spiritual departure from earthly life; resurrection (literal and figurative); an instance of this. Also used in the titles of paintings, sculptures, or other works of art depicting this; (hence) a work of art of this kind.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > source or principle of life > resurrection or revival > [noun]

aristc885

risinga1200

uprisingc1250

upristc1250

arisnessa1300

uprisea1300

arising1340

uparising1340

again-risingc1384

uprasa1400

upraisingc1400

resuscitation?a1450

revive1553

gain-risinga1557

revivification1561

restorement1571

apotheosis1595

revival1608

reviviscencea1631

reanimation1633

second birth1643

reviviction1646

anastasis1647

reviviscency1654

rise1738

anabiosis1890

the world > the supernatural > deity > heaven > [noun] > ascension to

apotheosis1595

1595 T. W. tr. P. Leroy et al. Pleasant Satyre 26 There was tacked unto it [sc. a piece of tapestry] halfe a peece of the Apotheosis [Fr. l'apotheose], or canonization of the foure Euangelists and Martyrs, Saints, Louchard, Ameline, Anroux, and Aymonrot.

1649 C. Walker Anarchia Anglicana ii. 111 His Majesties Speech upon the Scaffold, and His Death or Apotheosis.

a1657 R. Loveday Lett. (1659) cxxxiii. 246 Dr. Collins..had his Apotheosis a year since.

1684 T. Burnet Theory of Earth ii. 326 The general apotheosis; when death and hell shall be swallowed up in victory.

1743 H. Fielding Jonathan Wild iv. xv, in Misc. III. 400 The Day of Execution, or Consummation, or Apotheosis..which was to give our Hero an Opportunity of facing Death and Damnation, without any fear in his Heart.

1790 Eng. Rev. Sept. 212 On the cieling of the staircase is the apotheosis of William, Prince of Orange.

1850 T. Carlyle Latter-day Pamphlets i. 34 Let us hope the Leave-alone principle has now got its apotheosis; and taken wing towards higher regions than ours.

1858 R. A. Vaughan Ess. & Remains I. 8 The philosophical school of Alexandria had become extinct, and there was no apotheosis.

1894 H. E. Parkhurst Birds' Cal. 274 Spring seems the fittest season wherein to take up the burden of life, and the close of a bright and cool October day the most felicitous moment for the soul's apotheosis.

1929 S. Angus Relig. Quests of Graeco-Roman World xvi. 294 In the rich symbolism of the apse stucco there is presented an apotheosis of the soul by water.

1999 G. Tinterow in G. Tinterow & P. Conisbee Portraits by Ingres 367/2 Ingres..was called on to provide an immense roundel representing the Apotheosis of Napoleon.

3. The action, process, or fact of ranking, or of being ranked, among the gods; transformation into a god, deification; elevation to divine status. Also: an instance of this.Frequently with reference to ancient Rome, in which ceremonies of apotheosis were often used to honour deceased emperors and (occasionally) their family members.In early use apotheosis was sometimes associated with the canonization of saints in the Catholic church. Cf. quot. 1670 and canonize v. 3.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > nature of god(s) > deification

deification1393

consecration1490

apotheosis1605

divification1615

divinizing1837

divinization1840

transhumanation1847

theosis1874

in-Godding1959

1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 692/2 You..affirme that in this my Calendare, I make an ἀποθέωσιν, or Canonisation of false Martyrs.

1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. I. iv. x. sig. Mmm.vii^v/2 Truly Aurelius Prudentius in his Apotheosis..sayth: To say the soule is God..T'is follie great.]

1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. I1 That which the Grecians call Apotheosis..was the supreame honour, which man could attribute vnto man.

1670 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. II sig. b2 The very Popish Directorie of the Inquisitors sticks not to call the Canonization of Saints their Apotheoisis, i. e. Deification.

a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) ii. ii. 137 The Apotheoses or Inaugurations of many of the Heathenish Deities.

1723 H. Rowlands Mona Antiqua Restaurata i. 48 From this practice..grew the Apotheosis of the first Heroes, and from thence the gross Idolatries of the Gentiles.

1798 Monthly Mag. Dec. 452/1 Schöning and Suhm incline to distinguish between Woden the god of war, and Odin chief of the Asæ; and suppose the apotheosis of the former to have long preceded that of the latter.

1847 Madras Jrnl. Lit. & Sci. 14 107 Ionism or the apotheosis of mortals has prevailed in India.

1882 H. H. Bancroft et al. Hist. Central Amer. I. xviii. 561 What more appropriate apotheosis of a charger than into a god of thunder?

1939 Greece & Rome 8 86 He advises the emperor on his apotheosis to take his seat in the middle of heaven so as not to upset its balance.

1980 R. P. Winnington-Ingram Sophocles 215 If Heracles became a god (and in one phrase towards the end of the play Sophocles seems to hint at the apotheosis), he earned his status by [etc.].

2001 Brit. Jrnl. Hist. Sci. 34 237/2 Through apotheosis and elevation to the stars (‘catasterism’) the emperor looked forward to a more direct participation in the structure of the cosmos.

a. Glorification or exaltation of a principle, practice, etc. Also: an instance of this; a glorified ideal.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > exaltation or glorification > [noun] > glorification of a principle or practice

apotheosy1600

apotheosis1651

consecration1807

1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs ⁋211 Because in the Apotheosis of phlebotomy they will have good bloud emitted.

1768 Polit. Reg. June 414 Had that poem ever been published..he would have seen that it is the apotheosis of the fair sex.

1777 J. More Strictures iv. 73 Without..a classical firmness of discrimination, his [sc. the Critic's] encomiums, [are] no more than the blind apotheosis of ignorance.

1809 S. T. Coleridge Friend 26 Oct. 164 The Apotheosis of familiar abuses..is the vilest of Superstitions.

1887 Critic (N.Y.) 13 Aug. 77/1 ‘The Shaybacks in Camp’..chronicles the happiness of ten summers under canvas, and it is the very apotheosis of camping-out.

1917 Yale Rev. Oct. 167 His [sc. Thomas Hardy's] people..are apotheoses of the power of natural environment.

1970 D. R. Kelley Found. Mod. Hist. Scholarship 77 He shared his love of elegance without agreeing with his apotheosis of antiquity.

2011 S. Holland in J. Richardson From Recession to Renewal iii. 51 The sub-prime crisis of 2007, and the crash of global financial markets in 2008, were caused by a neoliberal apotheosis of markets.

b. Attribution of more or less divine power or virtue to a person; glorification or exaltation of a person. Also: an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > exaltation or glorification > [noun]

glorifyinga1340

augmentation?a1439

exaltation1490

erection1503

glorification1549

nobilitatinga1552

sublimating1559

ennobling1596

augmention1605

nobilitation1610

stellifyinga1612

engreateningc1614

superexaltation1618

subliminga1626

stellation1635

aggrandization1649

stellification1650

engrandizinga1652

aggrandizement1656

exaltment1660

apotheosis1738

princification1865

ennoblement1871

1738 Gentleman's Mag. May 232 (heading) The Apotheosis of Milton.

1799 Monthly Mag. July 441/1 The arguments of Mercier against the apotheosis of that philosopher [sc. Descartes] were more ingeniously fancied than forcibly felt.

1849 H. D. Thoreau Week Concord & Merrimack Rivers 283 The Friend asks no return but that his Friend will religiously accept and wear and not disgrace his apotheosis of him.

1879 T. P. O'Connor Ld. Beaconsfield 73 The meeting developed into an apotheosis of the Marquis of Chandos.

1945 Life 2 Apr. 95/1 Cavanaugh is bored by the apotheosis of Pyle and has said so in writing.

1998 J. E. Talbott Pen & Ink Sailor p.xiii The Victory, Horatio Nelson's flagship, was..the platform on which that admiral achieved apotheosis.

5. The best or most highly developed example of something; the highest point or culmination, the acme.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [noun] > excellent person or thing

carbunclea1350

swanc1386

phoenixc1400

diamondc1440

broocha1464

surmounterc1500

sovereign?a1513

primrose peerless1523

superlative1577

transcendent1593

Arabian birda1616

crack1637

first rate1681

peach1710

phoenicle1711

admiration1717

spanker1751

first-raterc1760

no slouch of1767

nailer1806

tip-topper1822

ripper1825

ripstaver1828

apotheosis1832

clinker1836

clipper1836

bird1839

keener1839

ripsnorter1840

beater1845

firecracker1845

pumpkin1845

screamer1846

stunner1847

bottler1855

beaut1866

bobby-dazzler1866

one out of the box1867

stem-winder1875

corker1877

trimmer1878

hot stuff1884

daisy1886

jim-dandy1887

cracker1891

jim-hickey1895

peacherino1896

pippin1897

alpha plus1898

peacherine1900

pip1900

humdinger1905

bosker1906

hummer1907

good egg1914

superstar1914

the berries1918

bee's knee1923

the cat's whiskers1923

smash1923

smash hit1923

brahma1925

dilly1935

piss-cutter1935

killer1937

killer-diller1938

a hard act to follow1942

peacheroo1942

bitch1946

brammerc1950

hot shit1960

Tiffany1973

bollocks1981

1832 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1971) VI. 928 Shall I not rather say, he is the Apotheosis of a Gentleman?

1883 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 7 Sept. 917/2 I carried the history of bronze decoration in architecture to its zenith, under the Roman Cæsars; it is now my intention to trace its decline, until the use of it becomes again prominent in the Lombardic school, and reaches its apotheosis in Italy under the Renaissance or Cinque Cento.

1907 Sunset Mag. Nov. 39/1 I venture to assert that there is not a well brought up reader who has not been beguiled in his youth by the myth of the Kind Action... Fifty years ago it was current every where and reached its apotheosis in Dickens' Great Expectations.

1937 Times Lit. Suppl. 6 Mar. 175/2 The famous ‘Churrigueresque’ architecture which reached its apotheosis in Mexico.

1993 Arena May 26/2 Suede are the apotheosis of the current Seventies revival.

2008 Times Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) (Nexis) 30 Apr. c1 Growing up, Sarah Kagan loved her mother's matzo balls... ‘They seemed to me the apotheosis of the form.’

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	apotheosis
释义	apotheosisn. Brit. /əˌpɒθɪˈəʊsɪs/, U.S. /əˌpɑθiˈoʊsəs/ Forms: 1500s– apotheosis, 1600s apotheoisis. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin apotheosis. Etymology: < post-classical Latin apotheosis deification (late 2nd cent. in Tertullian), ascent to heaven of a saint (a1508) < Hellenistic Greek ἀποθέωσις deification < ἀποθεοῦν to deify ( < ancient Greek ἀπο- apo- prefix + θεοῦν to make a god of < θεός god: see theo- comb. form) + -σις -sis suffix. Compare Middle French, French apothéose (1581). N.E.D. (1885) gives two pronunciations (æpoþī·ŏsis, ăpǫ:þiˌō^u·sis) /æpəʊˈθiːəsɪs/, /əˌpɒθiːˈəʊsɪs/, noting: ‘the great majority of orthoepists, from Bailey and Johnson downward, give the first pronunciation, but the second is now more usual’. Most dictionaries from the early 20th cent. onwards give only the pronunciation with stress on the penultimate syllable. †1. An apotheosized person or being. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1573 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 71 We knowe not for certainty whether any sutch creatures and apotheoses were ever in the worlde or noe. 2. Ascension into heaven; spiritual departure from earthly life; resurrection (literal and figurative); an instance of this. Also used in the titles of paintings, sculptures, or other works of art depicting this; (hence) a work of art of this kind. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > resurrection or revival > [noun] aristc885 risinga1200 uprisingc1250 upristc1250 arisnessa1300 uprisea1300 arising1340 uparising1340 again-risingc1384 uprasa1400 upraisingc1400 resuscitation?a1450 revive1553 gain-risinga1557 revivification1561 restorement1571 apotheosis1595 revival1608 reviviscencea1631 reanimation1633 second birth1643 reviviction1646 anastasis1647 reviviscency1654 rise1738 anabiosis1890 the world > the supernatural > deity > heaven > [noun] > ascension to apotheosis1595 1595 T. W. tr. P. Leroy et al. Pleasant Satyre 26 There was tacked unto it [sc. a piece of tapestry] halfe a peece of the Apotheosis [Fr. l'apotheose], or canonization of the foure Euangelists and Martyrs, Saints, Louchard, Ameline, Anroux, and Aymonrot. 1649 C. Walker Anarchia Anglicana ii. 111 His Majesties Speech upon the Scaffold, and His Death or Apotheosis. a1657 R. Loveday Lett. (1659) cxxxiii. 246 Dr. Collins..had his Apotheosis a year since. 1684 T. Burnet Theory of Earth ii. 326 The general apotheosis; when death and hell shall be swallowed up in victory. 1743 H. Fielding Jonathan Wild iv. xv, in Misc. III. 400 The Day of Execution, or Consummation, or Apotheosis..which was to give our Hero an Opportunity of facing Death and Damnation, without any fear in his Heart. 1790 Eng. Rev. Sept. 212 On the cieling of the staircase is the apotheosis of William, Prince of Orange. 1850 T. Carlyle Latter-day Pamphlets i. 34 Let us hope the Leave-alone principle has now got its apotheosis; and taken wing towards higher regions than ours. 1858 R. A. Vaughan Ess. & Remains I. 8 The philosophical school of Alexandria had become extinct, and there was no apotheosis. 1894 H. E. Parkhurst Birds' Cal. 274 Spring seems the fittest season wherein to take up the burden of life, and the close of a bright and cool October day the most felicitous moment for the soul's apotheosis. 1929 S. Angus Relig. Quests of Graeco-Roman World xvi. 294 In the rich symbolism of the apse stucco there is presented an apotheosis of the soul by water. 1999 G. Tinterow in G. Tinterow & P. Conisbee Portraits by Ingres 367/2 Ingres..was called on to provide an immense roundel representing the Apotheosis of Napoleon. 3. The action, process, or fact of ranking, or of being ranked, among the gods; transformation into a god, deification; elevation to divine status. Also: an instance of this.Frequently with reference to ancient Rome, in which ceremonies of apotheosis were often used to honour deceased emperors and (occasionally) their family members.In early use apotheosis was sometimes associated with the canonization of saints in the Catholic church. Cf. quot. 1670 and canonize v. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > nature of god(s) > deification deification1393 consecration1490 apotheosis1605 divification1615 divinizing1837 divinization1840 transhumanation1847 theosis1874 in-Godding1959 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 692/2 You..affirme that in this my Calendare, I make an ἀποθέωσιν, or Canonisation of false Martyrs. 1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. I. iv. x. sig. Mmm.vii^v/2 Truly Aurelius Prudentius in his Apotheosis..sayth: To say the soule is God..T'is follie great.] 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. I1 That which the Grecians call Apotheosis..was the supreame honour, which man could attribute vnto man. View more context for this quotation 1670 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. II sig. b2 The very Popish Directorie of the Inquisitors sticks not to call the Canonization of Saints their Apotheoisis, i. e. Deification. a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) ii. ii. 137 The Apotheoses or Inaugurations of many of the Heathenish Deities. 1723 H. Rowlands Mona Antiqua Restaurata i. 48 From this practice..grew the Apotheosis of the first Heroes, and from thence the gross Idolatries of the Gentiles. 1798 Monthly Mag. Dec. 452/1 Schöning and Suhm incline to distinguish between Woden the god of war, and Odin chief of the Asæ; and suppose the apotheosis of the former to have long preceded that of the latter. 1847 Madras Jrnl. Lit. & Sci. 14 107 Ionism or the apotheosis of mortals has prevailed in India. 1882 H. H. Bancroft et al. Hist. Central Amer. I. xviii. 561 What more appropriate apotheosis of a charger than into a god of thunder? 1939 Greece & Rome 8 86 He advises the emperor on his apotheosis to take his seat in the middle of heaven so as not to upset its balance. 1980 R. P. Winnington-Ingram Sophocles 215 If Heracles became a god (and in one phrase towards the end of the play Sophocles seems to hint at the apotheosis), he earned his status by [etc.]. 2001 Brit. Jrnl. Hist. Sci. 34 237/2 Through apotheosis and elevation to the stars (‘catasterism’) the emperor looked forward to a more direct participation in the structure of the cosmos. 4. a. Glorification or exaltation of a principle, practice, etc. Also: an instance of this; a glorified ideal. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > exaltation or glorification > [noun] > glorification of a principle or practice apotheosy1600 apotheosis1651 consecration1807 1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs ⁋211 Because in the Apotheosis of phlebotomy they will have good bloud emitted. 1768 Polit. Reg. June 414 Had that poem ever been published..he would have seen that it is the apotheosis of the fair sex. 1777 J. More Strictures iv. 73 Without..a classical firmness of discrimination, his [sc. the Critic's] encomiums, [are] no more than the blind apotheosis of ignorance. 1809 S. T. Coleridge Friend 26 Oct. 164 The Apotheosis of familiar abuses..is the vilest of Superstitions. 1887 Critic (N.Y.) 13 Aug. 77/1 ‘The Shaybacks in Camp’..chronicles the happiness of ten summers under canvas, and it is the very apotheosis of camping-out. 1917 Yale Rev. Oct. 167 His [sc. Thomas Hardy's] people..are apotheoses of the power of natural environment. 1970 D. R. Kelley Found. Mod. Hist. Scholarship 77 He shared his love of elegance without agreeing with his apotheosis of antiquity. 2011 S. Holland in J. Richardson From Recession to Renewal iii. 51 The sub-prime crisis of 2007, and the crash of global financial markets in 2008, were caused by a neoliberal apotheosis of markets. b. Attribution of more or less divine power or virtue to a person; glorification or exaltation of a person. Also: an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > exaltation or glorification > [noun] glorifyinga1340 augmentation?a1439 exaltation1490 erection1503 glorification1549 nobilitatinga1552 sublimating1559 ennobling1596 augmention1605 nobilitation1610 stellifyinga1612 engreateningc1614 superexaltation1618 subliminga1626 stellation1635 aggrandization1649 stellification1650 engrandizinga1652 aggrandizement1656 exaltment1660 apotheosis1738 princification1865 ennoblement1871 1738 Gentleman's Mag. May 232 (heading) The Apotheosis of Milton. 1799 Monthly Mag. July 441/1 The arguments of Mercier against the apotheosis of that philosopher [sc. Descartes] were more ingeniously fancied than forcibly felt. 1849 H. D. Thoreau Week Concord & Merrimack Rivers 283 The Friend asks no return but that his Friend will religiously accept and wear and not disgrace his apotheosis of him. 1879 T. P. O'Connor Ld. Beaconsfield 73 The meeting developed into an apotheosis of the Marquis of Chandos. 1945 Life 2 Apr. 95/1 Cavanaugh is bored by the apotheosis of Pyle and has said so in writing. 1998 J. E. Talbott Pen & Ink Sailor p.xiii The Victory, Horatio Nelson's flagship, was..the platform on which that admiral achieved apotheosis. 5. The best or most highly developed example of something; the highest point or culmination, the acme. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [noun] > excellent person or thing carbunclea1350 swanc1386 phoenixc1400 diamondc1440 broocha1464 surmounterc1500 sovereign?a1513 primrose peerless1523 superlative1577 transcendent1593 Arabian birda1616 crack1637 first rate1681 peach1710 phoenicle1711 admiration1717 spanker1751 first-raterc1760 no slouch of1767 nailer1806 tip-topper1822 ripper1825 ripstaver1828 apotheosis1832 clinker1836 clipper1836 bird1839 keener1839 ripsnorter1840 beater1845 firecracker1845 pumpkin1845 screamer1846 stunner1847 bottler1855 beaut1866 bobby-dazzler1866 one out of the box1867 stem-winder1875 corker1877 trimmer1878 hot stuff1884 daisy1886 jim-dandy1887 cracker1891 jim-hickey1895 peacherino1896 pippin1897 alpha plus1898 peacherine1900 pip1900 humdinger1905 bosker1906 hummer1907 good egg1914 superstar1914 the berries1918 bee's knee1923 the cat's whiskers1923 smash1923 smash hit1923 brahma1925 dilly1935 piss-cutter1935 killer1937 killer-diller1938 a hard act to follow1942 peacheroo1942 bitch1946 brammerc1950 hot shit1960 Tiffany1973 bollocks1981 1832 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1971) VI. 928 Shall I not rather say, he is the Apotheosis of a Gentleman? 1883 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 7 Sept. 917/2 I carried the history of bronze decoration in architecture to its zenith, under the Roman Cæsars; it is now my intention to trace its decline, until the use of it becomes again prominent in the Lombardic school, and reaches its apotheosis in Italy under the Renaissance or Cinque Cento. 1907 Sunset Mag. Nov. 39/1 I venture to assert that there is not a well brought up reader who has not been beguiled in his youth by the myth of the Kind Action... Fifty years ago it was current every where and reached its apotheosis in Dickens' Great Expectations. 1937 Times Lit. Suppl. 6 Mar. 175/2 The famous ‘Churrigueresque’ architecture which reached its apotheosis in Mexico. 1993 Arena May 26/2 Suede are the apotheosis of the current Seventies revival. 2008 Times Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) (Nexis) 30 Apr. c1 Growing up, Sarah Kagan loved her mother's matzo balls... ‘They seemed to me the apotheosis of the form.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1573
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