godship
Americannoun
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the rank, character, or condition of a god.
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Often Facetious. a title used in referring to a godlike person.
A bevy of servants were on hand to attend their godship's every whim.
Etymology
Origin of godship
Example Sentences
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This sudden stir Betrays his godship, and as we from far A clouded, sickly moon observe, so they Through the false mists his eclips'd torch betray.
From Poems of Henry Vaughan, Silurist, Volume II by E. K. (Edmund Kerchever) Chambers
Rightly or wrongly, I am opposed to godship, kingship, lordship, priestship.
From British Socialism An Examination of Its Doctrines, Policy, Aims and Practical Proposals by J. Ellis Barker
And in his godship I will honour him— Not much as man.
From The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry by Ernest Hartley Coleridge
I told all of my story that I wished to tell, admitting that I had posed as a sort of demi-god, but breathing no hint of the godship which was over my priesthood.
From The Portal of Dreams by Charles Neville Buck
“Thither I rise, whilst thou—Zeus, keep the godship and sink!”
From The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning by Edward Berdoe
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