Definition of Glorification

1. Noun. A state of high honor. "He valued glory above life itself"

Exact synonyms: Glory
Generic synonyms: Honor, Honour, Laurels
Derivative terms: Glorify, Glorify, Glorify, Glorify, Glorify, Glorious, Glory

2. Noun. A portrayal of something as ideal. "The idealization of rural life was very misleading"
Exact synonyms: Idealisation, Idealization
Generic synonyms: Admiration, Appreciation
Specialized synonyms: Romanticisation, Romanticization, Sentimentalisation, Sentimentalization
Derivative terms: Glorify, Idealize

3. Noun. The act of glorifying (as in worship). "The glorification of God"
Generic synonyms: Adoration, Idolisation, Idolization
Derivative terms: Glorify

Definition of Glorification

1. n. The act of glorifying or of giving glory to.

Definition of Glorification

1. Noun. The act of glorifying or the state of being glorified. ¹

2. Noun. The worshiping of a deity; extolment or laudation. ¹

3. Noun. The portrayal of something as being ideal; idealization. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Glorification

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Glorification

gloppier
gloppiest
glopping
gloppy
glops
glore
gloria
glorias
gloriation
gloriations
glorie
gloried
glories
glorieth
gloriette
glorification
glorifications
glorified
glorifier
glorifiers
glorifies
glorifieth
glorify
glorifying
gloriole
glorioles
gloriosa
gloriosas
glorious
gloriously

Literary usage of Glorification

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on Christian Doctrine: Compiled from the Holy Scriptures Alone by John Milton (1825)
"Glorification is either IMPERFECT or PERFECT. IMPERFECT Glorification is that state wherein, ... St. Paul traces this glorification by progressive steps, ..."

2. The Christian Remembrancer: Or, Short Reflections Upon the Faith, Life, and by Ambrose Serle (1818)
"ON THE Glorification OF CHRIST. THE mission and wprk of Jesus for our salvation was completed in the eternal glorification of his person in heaven. ..."

3. New Testament Theology: Or, Historical Account of the Teaching of Jesus and by Willibald Beyschlag, Neil Buchanan (1895)
"13), and so it was the perfecting of His character; but it was also the reason of His exaltation and glorification. The two aspects are inseparable, ..."

4. System of Positive Polity by Auguste Comte (1877)
"Three degrees in this concrete glorification of Human- ... For the concrete glorification of the Great Being, I take the highest individual types of the ..."

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