The Only Use of "apotheosis" in "The Scarlet Letter"

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The Only Use

apotheosis
in
The Scarlet Letter
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So etherealised by spirit as he was, and so apotheosised by worshipping admirers, did his footsteps, in the procession, really tread upon the dust of earth?†
p. 233.7

apotheosised = glorified or idealized; or elevated a person to the status of a god

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(1) (apotheosis)
the highest and most perfect state of someone or something, like being raised to almost godlike status
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)