divine status
Being a god
Divine status is the condition of being regarded as a god or having godlike qualities.
Historically, rulers claimed divine status to legitimize their authority: The pharaohs held divine status in ancient Egypt.
The term also describes the elevation of mortals to godhood through worship or mythological tradition: Augustus was granted divine status after his death.
- godhoodStatus as a deity
- living godWorshipped mortal claiming divinity
- god kingSovereign worshipped as divine
- haloLuminous ring overhead
- deityWorshipped supernatural being
higher power · holiness · touched by god · apotheosis · theocracy · cult of personality · pantheon · omnipotence · immortality · eternal life · demigod · transcendence · worship · sanctity · spiritual essence · omniscience · sovereignty · ultimate reality
- Japanese Emperorimperial succession, enthronement, imperial regalia, imperial household, imperial authority
- deificationapotheosis, divinization, godhood, immortalization, exaltation
divine statusmortality
State of eventual death
human condition · flesh and blood · humanness · human frailty
divine statuslowliness
State of modest rank
subservience · powerlessness · subjection · human frailty · insignificance
divine, divinely, divinity, divinities, divination, divinatory, diviner, deification, deities