deity

[dee-i-tee]

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noun, plural de·i·ties.

a god or goddess.
divine character or nature, especially that of the Supreme Being; divinity.
the estate or rank of a god: The king attained deity after his death.

a person or thing revered as a god or goddess: a society in which money is the only deity.
the Deity, God; Supreme Being.

Origin of deity

1250–1300; Middle English deite < Old French < Late Latin deitāt- (stem of deitās), equivalent to Latin dei- (combining form of deus god) + -tāt- -ty², formed after Latin dīvīnitās divinity

Related formssu·per·de·i·ty, noun, plural su·per·de·i·ties.

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Related Words for deities

divinity, idol, immortal, creator, goddess, godhead, celestial, demigoddess

Examples from the Web for deities

Contemporary Examples of deities

The worship of some of these deities appears to have included orgiastic rituals: music, wine, sex.
Meet Krampus, the Seriously Bad Santa
Jay Michaelson
December 5, 2014
Seven, The: The seven deities worshipped by the majority of the residents of Westeros.
Game of Thrones for Dummies
Jace Lacob
April 13, 2011
In India, actors are often treated like deities on par with the corpse of Princess Diana.
The Slumdog Stylist
Dale Hrabi
November 22, 2008

Historical Examples of deities

Kah-oots was supposed to be one of the deities of Seshaht mythology.
Indian Legends of Vancouver Island
Alfred Carmichael
Of the same order of deities are Vata or Vayu, the wind, and Parjanya, the rain-storm.
History of Religion
Allan Menzies
He was fundamentally an Egyptian god, and the most popular of the deities of the Nile.
The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism
Franz Cumont
They had no deities, no priesthood, no regular forms of worship.
Impressions of South Africa
James Bryce
History has preserved the names of some of these Teutonic deities.
The Superstitions of Witchcraft
Howard Williams

British Dictionary definitions for deities

deity

noun plural -ties

a god or goddess
the state of being divine; godhead
the rank, status, or position of a god
the nature or character of God

Word Origin for deity

C14: from Old French, from Late Latin deitās, from Latin deus god

Deity

noun

the Deity the Supreme Being; God

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Word Origin and History for deities

deity

c.1300, "divine nature;" late 14c., "a god," from Old French deité, from Late Latin deitatem (nominative deitas) "divine nature," coined by Augustine from Latin deus "god," from PIE *deiwos (see Zeus).