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Godhead

[ god-hed ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

1. the essential being of God; the Supreme Being.
2. Christianity. the Holy Trinity of God the Father, Christ the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
god·head, divinity; godhood.
god·head, Rare. a god or goddess; deity.

Godhead

/ ˈɡɒdˌhɛd /

Origin of Godhead¹

First recorded in 1200–50; Middle English godhede; God, -head

Wicca is a naturalistic religion whose followers generally worship a pantheistic Godhead and practice magic.

The other alleged sculpture of the Godhead requires more careful examination.

False gods, whatever degree of godhead they usurped, had for a time the mystifying power of concealing their falsehood.

She had sat and listened for two mortal hours while her idol defiled himself and sneered away his godhead.

But it is possible to disengage and examine apart the two chief elements in the earliest as in the latest ideas of Godhead.

The appearance of a god in animal form—even in a loathsome animal form—would not derogate from his essential godhead.

April 19, 2024tortuous

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