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   apotheosis

   /əˌpɒθɪˈəʊsɪs/

   noun

   • 1. the highest point in the development of something; a culmination or climax: "his appearance as Hamlet was the apotheosis of his career"
   • 2. the elevation of someone to divine status: "death spared Pompey the task of having to account for the apotheosis of Caesar"

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

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