Glorified

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  glorified \glorified\ adj.
     1. accorded sacrosanct or authoritative standing.
  
     Syn: canonized.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  


     2. Made to appear more important or better than it actually
        is; as, The Chief Financial Officer was little more than a
        glorified accountant.
        [PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Glorify \Glo"ri*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Glorified}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Glorifying}.] [F. glorifier, L. glorificare; gloria
     glory + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See {-fy}.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. To make glorious by bestowing glory upon; to confer honor
        and distinction upon; to elevate to power or happiness, or
        to celestial glory.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Jesus was not yet glorified.          --John vii.
                                                    39.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To make glorious in thought or with the heart, by
        ascribing glory to; to acknowledge the excellence of; to
        render homage to; to magnify in worship; to adore.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              That we for thee may glorify the Lord. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To make (something or someone) appear to be more
        important, splendid, or valuable than would normally be
        thought; as, to glorify every routine job by giving its
        performer the title "engineer"..
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  glorified
       See {glorify}

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  glorified
       adj : accorded sacrosanct or authoritative standing [syn: {canonized},
              {canonised}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  glorify
       v 1: praise, glorify, or honor; "extol the virtues of one's
            children"; "glorify one's spouse's cooking" [syn: {laud},
             {extol}, {exalt}, {proclaim}]
       2: bestow glory upon; "The victory over the enemy glorified the
          Republic"
       3: elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration
          [syn: {transfigure}, {spiritualize}]
       4: cause to seem more splendid; "You are glorifying a rather
          mediocre building"
       [also: {glorified}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  73 Moby Thesaurus words for "glorified":
     Elysian, Olympian, affected, aggrandized, angelic, apotheosized,
     archangelic, awesome, beatific, beatified, big, blessed, canonized,
     celestial, cherubic, counterfeit, deified, elevated, eminent,
     ennobled, enshrined, enthroned, ersatz, ethereal, exalted,
     excellent, extramundane, extraterrestrial, fake, from on high,
     grand, great, heavenly, held in awe, high, high and mighty,
     high-flown, high-sounding, imitation, immortal, immortalized,
     in glory, lofty, magnified, martyred, mighty, otherworldly,
     overdone, overrated, paradisaic, paradisal, paradisiac, paradisic,
     pompous, pretend, pretentious, redeemed, sainted, saintly,
     sanctified, saved, seraphic, sham, shrined, sublime, substitute,
     supereminent, supernal, throned, transcendental, transmundane,
     unearthly, unworldly