apotheosis
used in Moby Dick

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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

Up from the spray of thy ocean-perishing—straight up, leaps thy apotheosis!
Chapters 22-24 — Merry Christmas; The Lee Shore; The Advocate (54% in)

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