Hypertext Webster Gateway: "glorification"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Glorification \Glo`ri*fi*ca"tion\, n. [L. glorificatio: cf. F.
glorification. See {Glorify}.]
1. The act of glorifyng or of giving glory to. --Jer. Taylor.
2. The state of being glorifed; as, the glorification of
Christ after his resurrection.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
glorification
n 1: a state of high honor; "he valued glory above life itself"
[syn: {glory}]
2: a portrayal of something as ideal; "the idealization of
rural life was very misleading" [syn: {idealization}, {idealisation}]
3: the act of glorifying (as in worship); "the glorification of
God"
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