theomorphic

American  

[thee-uh-mawr-fik] / ˌθi əˈmɔr fɪk /

adjective

1. having the form or likeness of God or a deity.

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theomorphic British  

/ ˌθɪəˈmɔːfɪk /

adjective

1. of or relating to the conception or representation of man as having the form of God or a deity

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Other Word Forms

• theomorphism noun

Etymology

Origin of theomorphic

1865–70; < Greek theómorph ( os ) ( theo-, -morphous ) + -ic; -morphic

Example Sentences

Then there’s SanTO, short for Sanctified Theomorphic Operator, a foot-and-a-half tall robot that’s designed in the image of any number of statues that Catholic believers might place in their homes.

From Washington Times

Theomorphic, thē-ō-mor′fik, adj. having the form or likeness of a god.—n.

From Project Gutenberg

I believe in an anthropomorphic God, simply because I believe in a Theomorphic man.

From Project Gutenberg

As the Pharaoh was a theomorphic man, so Osiris was an anthropomorphic god.

From Project Gutenberg

To the Egyptian, religion consisted in paraded symbols, in avenues of sphinxes, in forests of obelisks, in pharaohs seated colossally before the temple doors, in inscriptions that told indistinguishably of theomorphic men and anthropomorphic gods, and in a belief in the divinity of bulls and hawks.

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