Search Result for "glorification": 
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. a state of high honor;
- Example: "he valued glory above life itself"
[syn: glory, glorification]

2. a portrayal of something as ideal;
- Example: "the idealization of rural life was very misleading"
[syn: idealization, idealisation, glorification]

3. the act of glorifying (as in worship);
- Example: "the glorification of God"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] 2. The state of being glorifed; as, the glorification of Christ after his resurrection. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

glorification n 1: a state of high honor; "he valued glory above life itself" [syn: glory, glorification] 2: a portrayal of something as ideal; "the idealization of rural life was very misleading" [syn: idealization, idealisation, glorification] 3: the act of glorifying (as in worship); "the glorification of God"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

56 Moby Thesaurus words for "glorification": accolade, adulation, aggrandizement, apotheosis, beatification, beatitude, bepraisement, blessedness, blessing, canonization, congratulation, consecration, dedication, deification, devotion, dignification, elevation, eloge, encomium, ennoblement, enshrinement, enthronement, eulogium, eulogy, exaltation, excessive praise, flattery, glory, grace, hallowing, hero worship, homage, hommage, honor, idolatry, idolizing, immortalization, justification, justification by works, kudos, laud, laudation, lionizing, magnification, meed of praise, overpraise, paean, panegyric, praise, purification, sainthood, sainting, sanctification, setting apart, state of grace, tribute