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
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After this the monarch wanted no more proof of the godship of Buddha, kept his promise, and built the first pagoda in China.
From The War Tiger Or, Adventures and Wonderful Fortunes of the Young Sea Chief and His Lad Chow: A Tale of the Conquest of China by William Dalton
And in a spring that rises out of the sea near the shore he was able at last to mingle his waters with those of the one for whom he had lost his godship.
From A Book of Myths by Helen Stratton
My life detest I, I would not give the smallest hair of Nanna, For yet a thousand years thy whole godship!
From The Death of Balder by George Henry Borrow
If a man disprove his godship out of his own mouth, we shall not be convinced by a coin in a fish's mouth or by his raising Lazarus, four days dead.
From The Seeker by Harry Leon Wilson
Mr. Matthew Arnold, on the other hand, lost no opportunity to flout with indignity the claims of Victor Hugo to his supreme literary godship.
From French Classics by William Cleaver Wilkinson
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