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deity
[ dee-i-tee ]
noun
- a god or goddess.
- divine character or nature, especially that of the Supreme Being; divinity.
- the estate or rank of a god:
The king attained deity after his death.
- a person or thing revered as a god or goddess:
a society in which money is the only deity.
- the De·i·ty, God; Supreme Being.
deity
1/ ˈdeɪtɪ; ˈdiːɪ- /
noun
- a god or goddess
- the state of being divine; godhead
- the rank, status, or position of a god
- the nature or character of God
Deity
2/ ˈdeɪtɪ; ˈdiːɪ- /
noun
- the Deitythe Deity the Supreme Being; God
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- su·per·de·i·ty noun plural superdeities
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Origin of deity1
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Example Sentences
Beyoncé has, for close to a decade now, been a deity in entertainment: untouchable, successful, divine.
For his tireless assault on evolutionary biology and downsizing the deity to fit within science, I give Meyer second place.
Logistics wins the day, and the Supreme Deity is, at this juncture, nowhere to be seen.
In the background, outside, is Papa Legba, who is a Loa, the word for a Voodoo deity.
Meanwhile our movie theaters have become temples for superheroes—in the absence of God, Hollywood has offered us a new deity.
In short, he is the creature of this 'Joss'—this home-made deity—to which he bows down and worships.
This is their great mistake, and arises from a misconception of the character and ways of Deity.
It was the case in Peru, where the Inca was the direct representative on earth of the solar deity.
In fact, the highest of these claims, that of the existence of a deity, must lie forever beyond its reach.
Origen, Ambrose, and Augustine unite in prohibiting the representation of the Deity by any material object.
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