deicide

American  

[dee-uh-sahyd] / ˈdi əˌsaɪd /

noun

1. a person who kills a god.

2. the act of killing a god.

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deicide British  

/ ˈdiːɪˌsaɪd /

noun

1. the act of killing a god

2. a person who kills a god

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Other Word Forms

• deicidal adjective

Etymology

Origin of deicide

1605–15; < New Latin deicīda deicide ( def. 1 ), deicīdium deicide ( def. 2 ), equivalent to Latin dei- (combining form of deus god) + -cīda, -cīdium -cide

Example Sentences

So many bands from our era are still doing it too, like Morbid Angel, Deicide, Obituary and many others who are our peers.

From Los Angeles Times

M. Scott Momaday, in his essay “The Way to Rainy Mountain,” describes his Kiowa grandmother, who “bore an image of deicide.”

From Salon

And sometimes they bore the image of deicide, and went the way of despair.

From Salon

The fact that the horror embedded in songs by bands like Morbid Angel, Deicide and Cannibal Corpse doesn’t come close to what’s at the core of Kira’s truth tells us it’s likely more than we — or anyone — should be asked to bear.

From Los Angeles Times

Dr. Bito’s book “The Gospel of Anonymous: Absolving All Men of the Most Hideous Crime of Deicide,” translated into English in 2011, served as a literary counter to the antisemitic canard that Jews are to be blamed for the death of Jesus.

From Washington Post