Deity or god

  • 1deity — [n] god, worshiped being celestial, celestial being, creator, divine being, divinity, goddess, godhead, idol, immortal, supreme being; concepts 368,370 …

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  • 2God — This article is about the term God in the context of monotheism and henotheism. For the general polytheistic concept, see Deity. For God in the context of various religions, see an index of pages beginning in God in . For other uses, see God… …

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  • 3god-forsaken — adjective a) Abandoned by a deity or god. I wont walk through that god forsaken Army hospital again. b) In desperate circumstances. No matter how much fertilizer we use on this god forsaken acre of dirt, nothing grows …

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  • 4god of war — noun a god worshipped as giving victory in war • Syn: ↑war god • Hypernyms: ↑deity, ↑divinity, ↑god, ↑immortal …

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  • 5Deity — • This article is confined to the non Christian notion of the Deity Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Deity     Deity     † …

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  • 6Deity — De i*ty (d[=e] [i^]*t[y^]), n.; pl. {Deities} (d[=e] [i^]*t[i^]z). [OE. deite, F. d[ e]it[ e], fr. L. deitas, fr. deus a god; akin to divus divine, Jupiter, gen. Jovis, Jupiter, dies day, Gr. di^os divine, Zey s, gen. Dio s, Zeus, Skr. d[=e]va… …

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  • 7God (disambiguation) — God or god could refer to: *God (word), the English word for a deity **God, a henotheistic or monotheistic deity ***Conceptions of God ** In polytheistic religions, a god (male deity);popular culture * God (sculpture), a dadaist sculpture… …

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  • 8God — /god/, n., v., godded, godding, interj. n. 1. the one Supreme Being, the creator and ruler of the universe. 2. the Supreme Being considered with reference to a particular attribute: the God of Islam. 3. (l.c.) one of several deities, esp. a male… …

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  • 9deity — [dē′ə tē] n. [ME deite < OFr deité < LL(Ec) deitas, divinity (after L divinitas) < L deus, god < IE * deiwos, god < base * dei , to gleam, shine > Sans deva, god, L dies, day, divus, god] 1. the state of being a god; divine… …

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  • 10God's Wife of Amun — (Egyptian: unicode|ḥm.t nṯr n ỉmn ) was the highest ranking priestess of the Amun cult, an important Ancient Egyptian religious institution centered in Thebes during the second millennium BCE (circa 2160 BC). At times it was the most important… …

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