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theomachy|θiːˈɒməkɪ|
Also 6 in Gr.-L. form theomachia |θiːəʊˈmækɪə|.
[ad. Gr. θεοµαχία, f. θεός god + -µαχία fighting.]
†1. A striving or warring against God; opposition to the will of God.
b. spec. See quot. Obs.
1570–6Lambarde Peramb. Kent (1826) 327 The whole religion of Papistrie..is Theomachia and nothing else. 1598Bacon Sacr. Medit. xi. (Arb.) 127 Atheisme and Theomachie rebelleth and mutineth against the power of God. 1633T. Adams Exp. 2 Peter ii. 3 A theomachy, a desperate war against heaven. 1690C. Nesse O. & N. Test. I. 134 This theomachy or rebelling against God.
b.1656Blount Glossogr., Theomachy, a warring or fighting against the gods, as the old Giants are feigned to have done.
2. A battle or strife among the gods: esp. in reference to that narrated in Homer's Iliad.
1858Gladstone Homer II. ii. 77 When we come to discuss the position of Latona, both generally and in the Theomachy. 1865― Farewell Addr. Edin. Univ. 29 Xanthos, a river god, appears in the Theomachy. 1878― Prim. Homer vi. §27. 83 Artemis..is sorely belaboured, in the Theomachy, by the strong arm of Hera.
Hence [or from Gr. θεοµάχ-ος] theomachist |θiːˈɒməkɪst|, one who fights against God.
1794Mathias Purs. Lit. (1798) 18 The continued labours of the arch Theomachist of the age,..that..conflict which he maintained, during..a long and impious life, against the spiritual ‘kingdoms of God and of his Christ’. 1871T. Hardy Desperate Remedies viii, To resist fate with the vindictive determination of a Theomachist. |