apotheosis

/uh-poth-ee-OH-siss/noun

the highest point of development; elevation to divine status

The final aria is the apotheosis of the composer's late style.
Synonyms
culmination, peak, deification
Antonyms
nadir, low point
Root
theo- (god)
Memory hook
apo + theos (god): raised up to the gods.

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