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godship|ˈgɒdʃɪp|
[f. god n. + -ship.]
The position or personality of a god: esp. as a jocular title (his, your, etc. godship).
a1553Udall Royster D. iv. i. (Arb.) 59, I thinke verily Neptunes mightie godshyp, Was angry with some that was in our shyp. 1649Milton Eikon. xxvii. 220 It is..beneath the honour of a..free Nation, to begg and supplicate the Godship of one Fraile Man. 1652–62Heylyn Cosmogr. iv. (1682) 5 It seemeth that his Godship was not so much respected by strangers. 1690Dryden Amphitryon i. i, Mercury. Your name and mine were used with less reverence than became our godships. 1705Hickeringill Priest-cr. i. (1721) 60 He accepted the Godship and Adoration, with as much Devotion, as Herod. 1792Wolcot (P. Pindar) Ep. to Ld. Macartney Wks. 1812 III. 136 The Man of Straw Flew up and put their Godships in a fright. 1823Byron Juan xiv. lxxv, I..beg his British godship's humble pardon. 1829T. Hook Bank to Barnes 118 Their godships dead drunk must sleep under the table. 1862Merivale Rom. Emp. (1865) VII. lv. 4 Lucan..challenged him to choose what godship he would assume in heaven. 1896E. Arnold Bk. Good Counsels 92, I am an ambassador from his Godship the Moon. |