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View synonyms for deific

deific

[ dee-if-ik ]

adjective

  1. making divine; deifying.


deific

/ deɪ-; diːˈɪfɪk /

adjective

  1. making divine or exalting to the position of a god
  2. divine or godlike
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of deific1

1480–90; < Late Latin deificus, equivalent to Latin dei- (combining form of deus god) + -ficus -fic
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Example Sentences

For deep feeling has a potency of its own, and all that careless group felt as if some deific cloud had passed by.

But we will close with the testimony of a French philosopher (Bagin) on the subject of deific incarnations.

The Persians have alway's opposed the making and worship of deific images; and they worship but one God, with the above names.

He invoked the inspiration of the Goddess of Song, and waited for, no doubt believed in, some "deific impulse" descending on him.

Conscious life, or the capacity to become conscious of anything, is a Deific attribute.

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