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Also known as deification, divinization

thumb|Apotheosis of Venice (1585) by Paolo Veronese, a ceiling in the [[Doge's Palace]] thumb|The Apotheosis of Cornelis de Witt, with the Raid on Chatham in the background

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thumb|Apotheosis of Venice (1585) by Paolo Veronese, a ceiling in the [[Doge's Palace]] thumb|The Apotheosis of Cornelis de Witt, with the Raid on Chatham in the background

Apotheosis (, ), also called divinization or deification (), is the glorification of a subject to divine levels and, commonly, the treatment of a human being, any other living thing, or an abstract idea in the likeness of a deity.

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