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‖ deus absconditus|ˈdiːəs æbˈskɒndɪtəs|
[L., ‘hidden god’; cf. Isaiah xlv. 15.]
A god who is hidden from man. Also fig.
1932Character & Personality Sept. 51 Where..in the annals of Victorianism is the sentimental God of the nineteenth century ever faced with a deus absconditus as in Luther's teaching? 1960Auden Homage to Clio 21 Pray to a Deus Absconditus. 1965S. Marcus Dickens: from Pickwick to Dombey vi. 217 The novelist has become a deus absconditus, asserting his godhead by his apparent indifference to his creation. |