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de⋅i⋅ty
[dee-i-tee] 
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–noun, plural -ties.
| 1. | a god or goddess. |
| 2. | divine character or nature, esp. that of the Supreme Being; divinity. |
| 3. | the estate or rank of a god: The king attained deity after his death. |
| 4. | a person or thing revered as a god or goddess: a society in which money is the only deity. |
| 5. | the Deity, God; Supreme Being. |
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| de·i·ty (dē'ĭ-tē, dā'-) n. pl. de·i·ties
[Middle English deite, from Old French, from Late Latin deitās, divine nature, from Latin deus, god; see dyeu- in Indo-European roots.] |
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Deity
De"i*ty\, n.; pl. Deities. [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 divine, as a noun, god, daiva divine, dy[=o] sky, day, hence, the sky personified as a god, and to the first syllable of E. Tuesday, Gael. & Ir. dia God, W. duw. Cf. Divine, Journey, Journal, Tuesday.]1. The collection of attributes which make up the nature of a god; divinity; godhead; as, the deity of the Supreme Being is seen in his works. They declared with emphasis the perfect deity and the perfect manhood of Christ. --Milman. 2. A god or goddess; a heathen god. To worship calves, the deities Of Egypt. --Milton. The Deity, God, the Supreme Being. This great poet and philosopher [Simonides], the more he contemplated the nature of the Deity, found that he waded but the more out of his depth. --Addison.
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Language Translation for : deity
Spanish:
deidad, divinidad,
German:
die Gottheit,
Japanese:
神
deity
c.1300, from O.Fr. deite, from L.L. deitatem (nom. deitas) "divine nature," coined by Augustine from L. deus "god," from PIE *deiwos (see Zeus).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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