deific

[ dee-if-ik ]
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adjective
  1. making divine; deifying.

Origin of deific

1
1480–90; <Late Latin deificus, equivalent to Latin dei- (combining form of deus god) + -ficus-fic

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How to use deific in a sentence

  • For deep feeling has a potency of its own, and all that careless group felt as if some deific cloud had passed by.

  • But we will close with the testimony of a French philosopher (Bagin) on the subject of deific incarnations.

  • The Persians have alway's opposed the making and worship of deific images; and they worship but one God, with the above names.

    The Bible Of Bibles; | Kersey Graves
  • He invoked the inspiration of the Goddess of Song, and waited for, no doubt believed in, some "deific impulse" descending on him.

    Christianity and Greek Philosophy | Benjamin Franklin Cocker
  • Conscious life, or the capacity to become conscious of anything, is a deific attribute.

    Solaris Farm | Milan C. Edson

British Dictionary definitions for deific

deific

/ (diːˈɪfɪk, deɪ-) /


adjective
  1. making divine or exalting to the position of a god

  2. divine or godlike

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