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43. deifical (dē-if'i-kal), a. Same as deific. The ancient catholick fathers were not afrayd to call this supper a deifical communion. Homilies, On the Sacrament, i. deification (dē"i-fi-kā'shon), n . [ deific a tion, deific a cion, deification , F. déif i cation = Sp. deific a cion = Pg. deific ação = It. deific a zione , deificatio (n-), deific are , deify: see deify .] The act of deifying; the state of being raised to the rank of a deity; a deified embodiment. Buddha being in fact a deification of human intellect. Sir J. E. Tennent , Ceylon, iv. 11. deifier (dē'i-fi-ér), n. One who deifies. The memory of so signal an interposition of Heaven [the Flood] against the first deifiers of men should have given an effectual check to the practice. Coventry, Philemon to Hydaspes, iii. deiform (de'i-fôrm), a . [= Sp. Pg. It. deiforme, deus , a god, + form a , form.] 1. Like a god; godlike in form. If the final consummation Of all things make the creature deiform .