Deify Synonyms and Antonyms

dē'ə-fī', dā'-

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Synonyms for Deify

consecrate
To devote entirely; dedicate
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sanctification
The process of making holy; hallowing, consecration.
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elevate
To ennoble or honour/honor (someone).
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spiritualize
To give a spiritual sense or meaning to
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idolize
To adore excessively; to revere immoderately.
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exalt
To fill with joy, pride, etc.; elate
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apotheosis
Exaltation to divine rank or stature; deification.
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canonization
The state of being canonized or sainted.
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deification
The act of deifying; exaltation to divine honors; apotheosis; excessive praise.
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transfiguration
(Christianity) The miraculous event, on a mountain, when the face of Jesus "shone like the sun" before the apostles; the feast commemorating this event - 6 August (19 August in the Orthodox church)
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adore
To love greatly or honor highly; idolize
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canonize
To declare (a deceased person) a saint in formal church procedure
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enshrine
To enclose in or as in a shrine
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glorify
To praise extravagantly; honor; extol
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hallow
To respect or honor greatly; revere.
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immortalize
(American) Alternative spelling of immortalise.
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sanctify
Sanctify is to make something holy, give something legitimacy or to set something apart through religious ceremony.
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transcend
To exist above and independent of (material experience or the universe):
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transfigure
To glorify or exalt something or someone.
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venerate
To treat with great respect and deference.
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fetishize
To make a fetish of; to obsess over
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apotheosize
To make a god of; deify
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Antonyms for Deify

lower
To reduce in standing or respect.
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degrade
To reduce in grade, rank, or status; demote.
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dishonor
To fail or refuse to accept or pay (a note, bill, or check, for example).
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Words Related to Deify

worship
Worship means to show devotion or admiration to a religious deity or another.
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revere
To revere is to think very highly of someone or to greatly admire someone.
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semi-divine
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demi-god
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demigod
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Deify Sentence Examples

  • It is very important that you do not deify us.

  • But if it be presupposed that the purpose of Christ's mission was to deify men by bestowing physical immortality, then we must assume, first, Christ's essential Godhead, and, secondly, the fusion of His divine and human natures.

  • All phenomena, moral as well as material, are contemplated by him in their relation to one great organic whole, which he acknowledges under the name of "Natura daedala rerum," and the most beneficent manifestations of which he seems to symbolize and almost to deify in the "Alma Venus," whom, in apparent contradiction to his denial of a divine interference with human affairs, he invokes with prayer in the opening lines of the poem.

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