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Definition of Deifier
1. n. One who deifies.
Definition of Deifier
1. Noun. One who deifies. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Deifier
1. one that deifies [n -S] - See also: deifies
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deifier
Literary usage of Deifier
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1821)
"The life of Rochefoucault gave the lie to his doctrine ; and the deifier of self
was an ardent friend and enthusiastic lover. But folks received that u ..."
2. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"deifier, (de'-e-fj-er) u. 's. One who makes a man a god.
DEIFICATION, (do-p-fe-ka'-slmn) ns The act of deifying, or making a god. DKI. ..."
3. International Perspective in Criticism: Goethe, Grillparzer, Sainte-Beuve by Gustav Pollak (1914)
"... injustice towards France, but while defending the fair fame of his country,
he has his fling at Germany as the deifier of pure force in literature. ..."
4. A History of the Jewish People During the Maccabean and Roman Periods by James Stevenson Riggs (1904)
"The attempt of this infatuated self-deifier to play a role resembling that of
Antiochus Epiphanes in his treatment of the temple kept intense for a while ..."
5. Promenades of an Impressionist by James Huneker (1910)
"He spied the good that was in evil, the beauty in bituminous blacks. He is the
painter of black music, the deifier of Beelzebub, and also one who caught the ..."
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