apotheosis
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The Portuguese design genius for mixing the pious with playfully overelaborated touches reaches its apotheosis at this Unesco World Heritage site—Portugal’s equivalent of France’s monumental Cathedral of Chartres.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
Borglum believed the American political system was the apotheosis of human civilization, and he wanted his sculpture to stand alongside the Parthenon and pyramids as testaments to grand civilizations and cultures.
From Slate • Mar. 13, 2025
Cooper impressively mimics Bernstein’s movements in a performance of the apotheosis of Mahler’s Second Symphony at the Ely Cathedral in London, which Bernstein filmed.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2023
For Johnson to now be speaker of the House feels as if it is the apotheosis of his political career and aspirations.
From Salon • Dec. 21, 2023
Ironically, this disenchantment with Durham’s black elite among poor blacks came just as the former group realized its apotheosis.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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