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US
/ˌɡɫɔɹəfɪˈkeɪʃən, ˌɡɫɔɹɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
]
[ UK /ɡlˌɔːɹɪfɪkˈeɪʃən/ ]
[ UK /ɡlˌɔːɹɪfɪkˈeɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
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the act of glorifying (as in worship)
the glorification of God -
a portrayal of something as ideal
the idealization of rural life was very misleading -
a state of high honor
he valued glory above life itself
How To Use glorification In A Sentence
- Liturgy exists for the glorification of God and, consequently, for the sanctification of the worshiping community.
- It is what I call glorification, to have a noble beast under you, that you can turn and wind and check and set forward as you please, as if his limbs were your own. Horse-Shoe Robinson: A Tale of the Tory Ascendency.
- Sincere prayer also furthers the glorification of God, the goal of all creation.
- Their glorification of gang violence has set cash registers ringing.
- Neo-cons, with their religionism, imperialism, intolerance, insensitivity, glorification of Big Business, and hatred of civil liberties and our Constitution, give real conservatives a bad name. Critics: 'Avatar' is anti-military & anti-religion
- He criticized the entertainment industry for the glorification of violence.
- We're also seeing a glorification of the nymphet - and she's getting younger and younger.
- He remained committed to exploring his penchant for mordant wit, the celebration of the esoteric, the glorification of all things absurd.
- There's no self-glorification and no hard-sell behind London's brightest young things, no pomp and no pretence.
- They show the essential pattern of self-glorification as self-aggrandizement that most interests the author.