glorification

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"
    

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]
    

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