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   A·poth·e·o·sis

   /əˌpäTHēˈōsəs/

   

   noun

   • 1. the highest point in the development of something; culmination or climax: "his appearance as Hamlet was the apotheosis of his career"
   • ▪ the elevation of someone to divine status; deification.

   Word Origin late 16th century: via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek apotheōsis, from apotheoun ‘make a god of’, from apo ‘from’ + theos ‘god’.

   Scrabble Points: 15

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