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Deity - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Deity : (noun)
1: any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part
of the world or some aspect of life or who is the
personification of a force [syn: divinity, god, immortal]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Deity : \De"i*ty\, n.; pl. Deities. [OE. deite, F. d['e]it['e],
fr. L. deitas, fr. deus a god; akin to divus divine, Jupiter,
gen. Jovis, Jupiter, dies day, Gr. di^os divine, Zey`s, gen.
Dio`s, Zeus, Skr. d[=e]va divine, as a noun, god, daiva
divine, dy[=o] sky, day, hence, the sky personified as a god,
and to the first syllable of E. Tuesday, Gael. & Ir. dia God,
W. duw. Cf. Divine, Journey, Journal, Tuesday.]
1. The collection of attributes which make up the nature of a
god; divinity; godhead; as, the deity of the Supreme Being
is seen in his works.
They declared with emphasis the perfect deity and
the perfect manhood of Christ. --Milman.
2. A god or goddess; a heathen god.
To worship calves, the deities Of Egypt. --Milton.
The Deity, God, the Supreme Being.
This great poet and philosopher [Simonides], the
more he contemplated the nature of the Deity, found
that he waded but the more out of his depth.
--Addison.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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Example Usage of Deity |
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thomascgalvin: Somehow I've gotten stuck investigating DOS scripts. I wonder what Deity I pissed off. Oh, wait, all of them. #karma #fb |
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ImaJustGod: Your Deity requires you to produce a moisturizer that won't leave His face feeling greasy. Heed my command, mortals! |
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Shadow_J: "Wherever goodness lay, it did not lie in ritual, unthinking obeisance before a Deity but rather, perhaps, in the (...) |
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