Some celebrities — such as an unbeatable athlete, or a pop star who is adored by millions of fans — come to have an almost deiform, or "godlike" public image. They are almost worshipped.
Deiform comes from medieval Latin, combining dei-, "of god," with formis, "form." It’s a word that comes up most often in philosophy and theology, but sometimes in other writing, too. Some philosophers and theologians believe that every person has a deiform soul, a soul that is like the divine. In some religions, angels are deiform beings, since they are pure spirit, holy, and glorious, like God or a god.