Model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal.

synonyms: ideal, nonesuch, nonpareil, nonsuch, paragon, saint.

Roget 163: reproduction, renovation; restoration etc. 660; renewal; new edition, reprint, revival, regeneration, palingenesis^†, revivification; apotheosis; resuscitation, reanimation, resurrection, reappearance; regrowth; Phoenix.    generation etc. (production) 161; multiplication.    ... show more

Dutch: paragon, toonbeeld
Polish: doskonałość

The elevation of a person (as to the status of a god).

synonyms: deification, exaltation.

Roget 981: heaven; kingdom of heaven, kingdom of God; heavenly kingdom; throne of God; presence of God; inheritance of the saints in light.    Paradise, Eden, Zion, abode of the blessed; celestial bliss, glory.    [Mythological heaven] Olympus; Elysium (paradise), Elysian fields, Arcadia^†, bowers of bliss, garden of the Hesperides, third heaven; Valhalla, Walhalla (Scandinavian); Nirvana (Buddhist); happy hunting grounds; Alfardaws^†, Assama^†; Falak al aflak [Ar.] the highest heaven" (Mohammedan). future state, eternal home, eternal reward.    resurrection, translation; resuscitation etc. 660.    apotheosis, deification.    ... show more

Roget 991: idolatry, idolism^†; demonism^†, demonolatry^†; idol-worship, demon-worship, devil-worship, fire-worship; zoolatry, fetishism, fetichism; ecclesiolatry^†, heliolatry, Mariolatry, Bibliolatry^†.    deification, apotheosis, canonization; hero worship.    sacrifices, hecatomb, holocaust; human sacrifices, immolation, mactation^†, infanticide, self-immolation, suttee.    idol, golden calf, graven image, fetich, avatar, Juggernath^†, lares et penates [Lat.]; Baal etc. 986^†.    ... show more

Dutch: vergoding, vergoddelijking, apotheose
Polish: ubóstwienie, apoteoza, deifikacja