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deity

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de⋅i⋅ty

  [dee-i-tee]
–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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Origin:
1250–1300; ME deite < OF < LL deitāt- (s. of deitās), equiv. to L dei- (comb. form of deus god) + -tāt- -ty, formed after L dīvīnitās divinity
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de·i·ty   (dē'ĭ-tē, dā'-)   
n.   pl. de·i·ties

  1. A god or goddess.

    1. The essential nature or condition of being a god; divinity.

    2. Deity God. Used with the.


[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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Word Origin & History

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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