Glorified
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
glorified \glorified\ adj.
1. accorded sacrosanct or authoritative standing.
Syn: canonized.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. Made to appear more important or better than it actually
is; as, The Chief Financial Officer was little more than a
glorified accountant.
[PJC]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Glorify \Glo"ri*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Glorified}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Glorifying}.] [F. glorifier, L. glorificare; gloria
glory + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See {-fy}.]
[1913 Webster]
1. To make glorious by bestowing glory upon; to confer honor
and distinction upon; to elevate to power or happiness, or
to celestial glory.
[1913 Webster]
Jesus was not yet glorified. --John vii.
39.
[1913 Webster]
2. To make glorious in thought or with the heart, by
ascribing glory to; to acknowledge the excellence of; to
render homage to; to magnify in worship; to adore.
[1913 Webster]
That we for thee may glorify the Lord. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
3. To make (something or someone) appear to be more
important, splendid, or valuable than would normally be
thought; as, to glorify every routine job by giving its
performer the title "engineer"..
[PJC]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
73 Moby Thesaurus words for "glorified":
Elysian, Olympian, affected, aggrandized, angelic, apotheosized,
archangelic, awesome, beatific, beatified, big, blessed, canonized,
celestial, cherubic, counterfeit, deified, elevated, eminent,
ennobled, enshrined, enthroned, ersatz, ethereal, exalted,
excellent, extramundane, extraterrestrial, fake, from on high,
grand, great, heavenly, held in awe, high, high and mighty,
high-flown, high-sounding, imitation, immortal, immortalized,
in glory, lofty, magnified, martyred, mighty, otherworldly,
overdone, overrated, paradisaic, paradisal, paradisiac, paradisic,
pompous, pretend, pretentious, redeemed, sainted, saintly,
sanctified, saved, seraphic, sham, shrined, sublime, substitute,
supereminent, supernal, throned, transcendental, transmundane,
unearthly, unworldly
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