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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It is very diverting to the mere looker-on, when the world first proclaims some man a god, bowing down and worshipping him, and then anathematizes him if he ventures to proclaim his own godship.
From Stage Confidences by Clara Morris
It shall be our care, dear lady," I added, "to maintain this status of godship and to that end we must arrange a little program of simple miracles from time to time.
From The Portal of Dreams by Charles Neville Buck
Have I devoutly treated," Says he, "your godship, to be cheated?
From A Hundred Fables of La Fontaine by Percy J. Billinghurst
Let me another truth attempt, Of which your godship has not dreamt: Those shining virtues which you muster, Whence think you they derive their lustre?
From Moores Fables for the Female Sex by Edward Caldwell Moore
Strikes the beholder’s eye with burnish’d gold: To godship here blue Triton’s scaly herd, The river progeny is there preferr’d: Through towns Diana’s power neglected lies, Where to her dogs aspiring temples rise!
From The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies by Catherine Ann White
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