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Glorification

Glorification \Glo`ri*fi*ca"tion\, n. [L. glorificatio: cf. F. glorification. See Glorify.]

  1. The act of glorifying or of giving glory to.
    --Jer. Taylor.

  2. The state of being glorifed; as, the glorification of Christ after his resurrection.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
glorification

mid-15c. as a term in alchemy, "action of refining; state of being refined," from Late Latin glorificationem (nominative glorificatio), noun of action from past participle stem of glorificare (see glorify). From c.1500 in theology; general sense by mid-19c.

Wiktionary
glorification

n. 1 The act of glorifying or the state of being glorified. 2 The worshiping of a deity; extolment or laudation. 3 The portrayal of something as being ideal; idealization.

WordNet
glorification
  1. n. 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"

Wikipedia
Glorification

Glorification may have several meanings in the Christian religion. From the Catholic canonization to the similar sainthood of the Eastern Orthodox Church to the salvation in Protestant beliefs, the glorification of the human condition can be a long and arduous process.

Glorification (EP)

Glorification is the first EP by Swedish black metal band Marduk. It was recorded and mixed at The Abyss in May 1996 and released that September by Osmose Productions.

Glorification (theology)

Glorification is the final stage of the ordo salutis and an aspect of Christian soteriology and Christian eschatology. It refers to the nature of believers after death and judgement, "the final step in the application of redemption. Biblical verses commonly cited as evidence for this doctrine include Psalm 49:15, Daniel 12:2, John 11:23-24, Romans 8:30 and 1 Corinthians 15:20. The theological doctrine of glorification goes on to describe how believers will be resurrected after death and given new bodies that have a degree of continuity with their mortal selves.

Usage examples of "glorification".

It is the negation of everything that denies the individual and the glorification of everything that exalts and ministers to the individual.

To avoid open criticism and the spotlight of adverse opinion, the ultranationalists behind the resurrected drive for empire and the glorification of the Japanese race were forced to clandestinely worship at Yasukuni during the night.

In their understandable zeal to go transrational, they often embrace any prerational occasion simply because it is nonrationalany occasion that looks biocentrically oriented, from horticultural planting mythology to rampant tribalism to blood magic and sensual glorification of a sentimental nature, all in the name, of course, of saving Gaia.

With its glorification of murder and its celebration of cruelty to women, gangsta-rap music didn't start his toes tapping, either.

The next tier of states to the north, like this Sindi place, appear to have been secular despotisms, where the excess labor was involved in glorification of the leadership.

To avoid open criticism and the spotlight of adverse opinion, the ultranationalists behind the resurrected drive for empire and the glorification of the Japanese race were forced to clandestinely worship at Yasukuni during the night.