deiform

[dee-uh-fawrm]

adjective

1. godlike or divine in form or nature.

deiform

/ ˈdiːɪˌfɔːm /

adjective

1. having the form or appearance of a god; sacred or divine

Other Word Forms

• deiformity noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of deiform¹

1635–45; < Medieval Latin deiformis, equivalent to Latin dei- (combining form of deus god) + -formis -form

Example Sentences

But by this light the rational creature is made deiform, as is said in this article.

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For a deiform intellect resides above every soul, and which also imparts to the soul an intellectual habit.

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The concreate and perpetual thirst for the deiform realm was bearing us on swift almost as ye see the heavens.

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For a life subsisting according to will alone subsists according to good, because the will naturally tends to good, and such a life makes that which is characteristic in us most powerful and deiform.

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