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theodicy

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the⋅od⋅i⋅cy

[thee-od-uh-see]
–noun, plural -cies.
a vindication of the divine attributes, particularly holiness and justice, in establishing or allowing the existence of physical and moral evil.

Origin:
1790–1800; theo- + Gk dík(ē) justice + -y3, modeled on F théodicée, a coinage of Leibniz


the⋅od⋅i⋅ce⋅an, adjective
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the·od·i·cy   (thē-ŏd'ĭ-sē)   
n.   pl. the·od·i·cies
A vindication of God's goodness and justice in the face of the existence of evil.

[After Essai de théodicée, a work by Baron Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz : Greek theo-, theo- + Greek dikē, order, right; see deik- in Indo-European roots.]
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