deity
[dee-i-tee]
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
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Related Words for deities
divinity, idol, immortal, creator, goddess, godhead, celestial, demigoddessExamples 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.
Seven, The: The seven deities worshipped by the majority of the residents of Westeros.
In India, actors are often treated like deities on par with the corpse of Princess Diana.
Historical Examples of deities
Kah-oots was supposed to be one of the deities of Seshaht mythology.
Indian Legends of Vancouver IslandAlfred Carmichael
Of the same order of deities are Vata or Vayu, the wind, and Parjanya, the rain-storm.
History of ReligionAllan Menzies
He was fundamentally an Egyptian god, and the most popular of the deities of the Nile.
The Oriental Religions in Roman PaganismFranz Cumont
They had no deities, no priesthood, no regular forms of worship.
Impressions of South AfricaJames Bryce
History has preserved the names of some of these Teutonic deities.
The Superstitions of WitchcraftHoward Williams
deity
noun plural -ties
Word Origin for deity
C14: from Old French, from Late Latin deitās, from Latin deus god
Deity
noun
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