The Only Use of

apotheosis
in
The Scarlet Letter

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

Definition:

model of excellence; or best point in one's development

or more rarely:

to glorify or idealize; or to elevate a person to the status of a god