deity

[ dee-i-tee ]

/ ˈdi ɪ ti /

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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.

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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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Examples from the Web for deity

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For his tireless assault on evolutionary biology and downsizing the deity to fit within science, I give Meyer second place.
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He is one of the biggest-selling literary novelists in the world, and practically a deity in Japan.
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Demand of him some proofs at least, of his being the messenger of the Deity.
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It would seem as if the Deity had made predictions only that we might understand nothing about them.
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The offering of the firstborn is only the expression of thankfulness to the Deity for fruitful flocks and herds.
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Min, the god of Coptos and Panopolis (Akhmim), seems to have been early looked upon as a deity of the harvest and crops.
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The former is regarded as an incarnation of the first class, though it is not clear of what deity.
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British Dictionary definitions for deity

deity

/ (ˈdeɪtɪ, ˈdiːɪ-) /

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

/ (ˈdeɪtɪ, ˈdiːɪ-) /

noun

the Deity the Supreme Being; God

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Word Origin and History for deity

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).