deiform

American

[dee-uh-fawrm] / ˈdi əˌfɔrm /

adjective

godlike or divine in form or nature.

deiform British

/ ˈdiːɪˌfɔːm /

adjective

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

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Other Word Forms

deiformity noun

Etymology

Origin of deiform

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

Example Sentences

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The fifth and sixth represent the two great forms of the Contemplative Life as conceived by Ruysbroeck: the ecstatic and the deiform.

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His intellect was patrician—almost deiform in the old Roman sense.

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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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