Making divine or godlike; relating to or having the quality of making something sacred, holy, or divine.
From Latin deificus (divine-making), combining deus (god) + facere (to make) + -ic (adjective suffix). This scholarly term appears in philosophical and theological texts.
Medieval theologians debated whether art could have 'deific' power—could a painting actually convey the sacred and transform viewers spiritually, or was that claiming too much for mere materials?
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