Deity+or+god
111Roman deity — noun a deity worshipped by the ancient Romans • Topics: ↑antiquity • Hypernyms: ↑deity, ↑divinity, ↑god, ↑immortal • Hyponyms: ↑faun, ↑Parcae …
112Semitic deity — noun a deity worshipped by the ancient Semites • Topics: ↑antiquity • Hypernyms: ↑deity, ↑divinity, ↑god, ↑immortal • Hyponyms: ↑Anunnaki, ↑Enuk …
113Teutonic deity — noun (German mythology) a deity worshipped by the ancient Teutons • Topics: ↑Teuton, ↑mythology • Hypernyms: ↑deity, ↑divinity, ↑god, ↑immortal • Instance Hyponyms: ↑ …
114riv|er-god — «RIHV uhr GOD», noun. a river regarded as a deity; a god supposed to dwell in and to preside over a river …
115snake god — noun a god of voodoo cults of African origin worshipped especially in West Indies • Syn: ↑zombi, ↑zombie • Hypernyms: ↑deity, ↑divinity, ↑god, ↑immortal …
116The Deity — Deity De i*ty (d[=e] [i^]*t[y^]), n.; pl. {Deities} (d[=e] [i^]*t[i^]z). [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.… …
117High God — ▪ deity also called Sky God, in anthropology and the history of religion, a type of supreme deity found among many nonliterate peoples of North and South America, Africa, northern Asia, and Australia. The adjective high is primarily a… …
118Act of God — God God (g[o^]d), n. [AS. god; akin to OS. & D. god, OHG. got, G. gott, Icel. gu[eth], go[eth], Sw. & Dan. gud, Goth. gup, prob. orig. a p. p. from a root appearing in Skr. h[=u], p. p. h[=u]ta, to call upon, invoke, implore. [root]30. Cf.… …
119Derzhavin's ode to God — God (Russian title: Бог Bog; finished 1784) is a poem by Gavrila Derzhavin. Contents 1 Background 2 Description 3 Translations 4 References …
120solar deity — god or goddess conceived of as sovereign, steady, and all seeing, often identified with the supreme deity of a culture or with the king or ruler. See sun worship. * * * …
