semideified
/ˌsɛmiˈdiːɪfaɪd/
adjective
- Regarded or treated as partly divine; having some qualities of a god.
- Some fans treat celebrities as semideified figures, putting them on a pedestal.
- In ancient myths, heroes were often semideified after their deaths.
- The emperor was semideified by his followers, who built temples in his honor.
verb
- Past tense of semideify; made someone or something partly divine.
- The cult semideified their leader after his mysterious disappearance.
- Poets semideified nature in their romantic verses.
- The ancient Greeks semideified many of their legendary warriors.