sublimification

English

Etymology

From Latin sublimis (“sublime”) + -ficare (“to make”). See -fy.

Noun

sublimification (usually uncountable, plural sublimifications)

1. The act of making sublime
2. The state of being sublime, or being made sublime.
   • (Can we date this quote?), Mary Olmstead Stanton, The Encyclopaedia of Face and Form Reading:

     Standing at the apex of all creation is man, the very epitome, sublimification, and essence of creative energy

References

• “sublimification”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.