sun god
noun
the sun considered or personified as a deity.
sun god
American
Or
sun-god
noun
sun gods
plural
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the sun considered or personified as a deity.
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a god identified or associated with the sun.
sun-god
British
noun
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the sun considered as a personal deity
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a deity associated with the sun or controlling its movements
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of sun god
First recorded in 1585–95
Example Sentences
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In Spell 16, a funerary procession, stacked like a doll’s house, shows Ankhmerwer kneeling before three representations of the sun god.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
At dusk, worshippers stood waist-deep in the river's brown waters to offer prayers to the sun god Surya as the setting orb sank into the haze blanketing New Delhi's skyline, marking the annual Chhath festival.
From Barron's • Oct. 27, 2025
“And because of the Aztec mythology of Tonatiuh being the sun god, she woke up from the dream and was like, ‘My kid’s name is going to be Tonatiuh.’”
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2025
In an elaborately choreographed ceremony first used in 1936, the foremost of a group of priestesses in long, pleated dresses offers a prayer to the ancient Greek sun god, Apollo.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 15, 2024
There’s Dad emerging from the ocean like a sun god and morphing into a body made of ashes.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
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