deification

plural deifications

1. uncountableusuallyThe act of deifying; exaltation to divine honors; apotheosis.

   Synonyms: divinisation, divinization, apotheosis

2. uncountableusuallyExcessive praise.
3. uncountableusuallyA deified embodiment.

   1 more example

   We went through the main hall, four-armed Amaat looming, the air still smelling of incense and the heap of flowers at the god's feet and knees, back to a tiny chapel tucked into a corner, dedicated to an old and now-obscure provincial god, one of those personifications of abstract concepts so many pantheons hold, in this case a deification of legitimate political authority.

   2013, Ann Leckie, Ancillary Justice

4. uncountableusuallyChristianityUnion with God; theosis.

   There is an experiential component to Maximos’ writings: he draws upon the reality of the contemplative life and in doing so secures deification as the goal of the monastic spiritual life in Orthodoxy.

   2010, Paul M. Collins, Partaking in Divine Nature: Deification and Communion, page 108