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Synonyms for deity

Grammar : Noun
Spell : dee-i-tee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdi ɪ ti

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Définition of deity

Origin :
  • c.1300, "divine nature;" late 14c., "a god," from Old French deité, from Late Latin deitatem (nominative deitas) "divine nature," coined by Augustine from Latin deus "god," from PIE *deiwos (see Zeus).
  • noun god, worshiped being
Example sentences :
  • One might have been a model for the seraphs of Christian faith, the other an Olympian deity.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • The ceremony is gone through for the sake of pleasing a deity.
  • Extract from : « Understanding the Scriptures » by Francis McConnell
  • A meaner temple was never consecrated to the worship of the Deity.
  • Extract from : « Main Street » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • And so may the temple fall with its deity of falsehood and servitude!
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • Adam evidently only knew the Deity as the Creator of all things.
  • Extract from : « A Theological-Political Treatise [Part I] » by Benedict of Spinoza
  • In the name of the Deity he charged at the head of his Ironsides.
  • Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 2 August 1848 » by Various
  • In the name of the Deity he sent dragoons to overturn parliaments.
  • Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 2 August 1848 » by Various
  • I know him to be a Diabolonian, the son of a Diabolonian, and a horrible man to deny a Deity.
  • Extract from : « Bunyan » by James Anthony Froude
  • And so it is with external Nature: she has a body and a soul like man; but her soul is the Deity.
  • Extract from : « Modern Painters Volume I (of V) » by John Ruskin
  • May not the relation of sight to this deity be described as follows?
  • Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato

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