WORD OF THE NIGHT.

apotheosis \uh-pah-thee-OH-sis; ap-uh-THEE-uh-sis\, noun.

1. Elevation to divine rank or stature; deification.
2. An exalted or glorified example; a model of excellence or perfection of a kind.


Following martyrdom at the Alamo and apotheosis in song, tall tale, and celluloid myth, this bumpkin from west Tennessee [Davy Crockett] became better known and more revered than all but a handful of American presidents.