Vocabulary Word
Word: apotheosis
Definition: elevation to godhood; an ideal example of something
Definition: elevation to godhood; an ideal example of something
Sentences Containing 'apotheosis'
Up from the spray of thy ocean-perishing--straight up, leaps thy apotheosis!
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