deity
See also: $DEITY
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle French deité, from Latin deitās.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdiː.ɪ.ti/, /ˈdeɪ.ɪ.ti/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdi.ə.ti/, [ˈdi.ə.ɾi]
- Hyphenation: de‧i‧ty
Noun[edit]
deity (plural deities)
- The state of being a god; divine characteristics, godhead. [from 14th c.]
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.X.4:
- Thou seest all, yet none at all sees thee: / All that is by the working of thy Deitee.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.X.4:
- A divine being; a god or goddess. [from 14th c.]
(Can we add an example for this sense?)
Synonyms[edit]
- See also Thesaurus:god
Hyponyms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
essential nature of a god, divinity
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a powerful entity that possesses numerous miraculous powers
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See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ The American Heritage Book of English Usage: A Practical and Authoritative Guide to Contemporary English, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 1996, →ISBN.
Anagrams[edit]
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