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God⋅head

  [god-hed]
–noun
1.
a. the essential being of God; the Supreme Being.
b. the Holy Trinity of God the Father, Christ the Son, and the Holy Ghost.
2. (lowercase) divinity; godhood.
3. (lowercase) Rare. a god or goddess; deity.
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Origin:
1200–50; ME godhede; see god, -head
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god·head   (gŏd'hěd')   
n.  

  1. Divinity; godhood.

  2. Godhead

    1. The Christian God, especially the Trinity.

    2. The essential and divine nature of God, regarded abstractly.


[Middle English godhode, godhede, from Old English godhād : god, god; see god + -hād, -hood.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

godhead 
from god (q.v.) + M.E. -hede, cognate with -hood and Ger. -heit. Along with maidenhead, this is the sole survival of this form of the suffix.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Bible Dictionary

Godhead

(Acts 17:29; Rom. 1:20; Col. 2:9), the essential being or the nature of God.

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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