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divinize, divinise [ˈdɪvɪˌnaɪz] vb (tr) to make divine; deify divinization , divinisation n How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Rome's leaders rely on the "docility of their subjects," and with death as the highest sacrifice, encourage those subjects to divinize war as a hallowed furnace for forging and purging their souls. Similarly, partaking of Christ's flesh in the Eucharist divinizes Christians, though there is no agreement about the nature of this sanctification. Those looking for feminist and other postmodernist "interpretations" will be disappointed: Saindon sees nothing here but a rigorous defense of a notion of social order that unambiguously valorizes the father-son relationship and divinizes the cosmos in its terms. |
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