Deity+or+god

  • 71God —    This word (from Old English for deity or supreme being ) translates a number of divine names in the Old Testament: Elohim, Emmanuel, Yahweh. In the New Testament, Jesus called God Abba (Father) and taught his disciples to pray to God as Our… …

    Glossary of theological terms

  • 72God ‘A’ —    He is Hunhau or Ahpuch, the Maya god of death, who ruled over Mitnal. In the codices he is represented as a being with exposed vertebrae and a skull like countenance. He may be taken to be the same as Mictlantecuhtli, the Aztec god of the dead …

    Who’s Who in non-classical mythology

  • 73god — 1. noun /ɡɒd,ɡɑːd/ a) A deity: Lounging on the beach were several Greek gods. b) A supernatural, typically immortal being with superior powers …

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  • 74deity — [[t]de͟ɪɪtɪ, AM di͟ː [/t]] deities N COUNT: usu with supp A deity is a god or goddess. [FORMAL] …

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  • 75Deity — noun formal the Deity God …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 76deity — noun everyone cracked up when Coolidge said she worshiped a deity named Grover Syn: god, goddess, divine being, supreme being, divinity, immortal; creator, demiurge; godhead …

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  • 77deity — noun /ˈdiːɛti/ a) A preternatural or supernatural human or non human being or entity, or an object that possesses miraculous or supernatural attributes, powers or superpowers (e.g. a god or goddess). b) The divine character of a divinity, god or… …

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  • 78deity — de|i|ty [ˈdeııti, ˈdi: ] n plural deities [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: deité, from Latin deus god ] a god or ↑goddess ▪ the deities of ancient Greece …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 79God ‘P’ —    A Mayan god represented as having the fingers of a frog and a blue background representing water. He was an agricultural deity and may correspond to one of the children of Tlaloc …

    Who’s Who in non-classical mythology

  • 80deity — /ˈdeɪəti/ (say dayuhtee), /ˈdi / (say dee ) noun (plural deities) 1. a god or goddess. 2. divine character or nature. 3. the estate or rank of a god. 4. the character or nature of the Supreme Being. {Middle English deite, from Old French, from… …