单词 | deity |
释义 | deityn. 1. a. The estate or rank of a god; godhood; the personality of a god; godship; esp. with possessive pron. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > state of being or divinity godhoodeOE godcundnessOE drightnessc1175 godcundlaikc1175 Godnessa1225 godhead?c1225 godcundec1275 godcundheada1300 deityc1374 divinityc1374 divine1393 divineness1579 divinesse1594 divination1603 deism1726 superhumanity1792 superhuman1824 suprahumanitya1834 numinousness1932 numinosity1936 ground1945 the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > a title of > personality or title of deityc1374 Tetragrammatona1400 godship1533 godhood1586 divinityship1689 deityship1694 tetragram1870 superpersonality1882 c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde iii. 968 But o þow Ioue..Is þis an honour to þi deite. c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Franklin's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 339 Thogh Neptunus haue deitee in the See. c1440 J. Capgrave Life St. Katherine iv. 764 Whi shulde appollo bere ony deyte? 1594 C. Marlowe & T. Nashe Dido iii. ii That ugly imp that shall..wrong my deity with high disgrace. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III i. i. 76 Lord Hastings..Humbly complaining to her deity, Got my Lord Chamberlaine his liberty. ?1606 M. Drayton Man in Moone in Poemes sig. Hv Yet no disguise her deity could smother, So far in beauty she excelled other. 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World 178 By what reason could the same deity be denied unto Laurentia and Flora, which was given to Venus? a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iv. 26 The Goddes themselues (Humbling their Deities to loue). View more context for this quotation 1844 E. B. Barrett Dead Pan in Poems II. 271 All the false gods with a cry Rendered up their deity. b. The divine quality, character, or nature of God; Godhood, divinity; the divine nature and attributes, the Godhead. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > nature or attributes of God > [noun] deity1362 1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. xi. 43 Þus þei drauelen on heore deys þe Deite to knowe. c1394 P. Pl. Crede 825 Freres wyln for her pride Disputen of þis deyte as dotardes schulden. 1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) i. sig. Aij/1 The lyghte of the heuenly dyuyne clarete. couerte. & closid. in the deyte. or in the godhede. 1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) Prol. sig. a.iv The fader ye sone & the holy goost one essence of deite. ?1518 A. Barclay Fyfte Eglog sig. Bi To honour our lorde, and pease his deyte. 1594 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. II. To Rdr. sig. b2 The creator..hath set such markes of his diety in his workes. 1595 Blanchardine & Eglantine liv. 213 Whose eternall dietie raigneth within the highest heauens. 1633 Bp. J. Hall Plaine Explic. Hard Texts ii. 57 In my..infinite deitie, I will be ever present with you. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 65 The Father..on the Son Blaz'd forth unclouded Deitie . View more context for this quotation 1736 S. Chandler Hist. Persecution 47 The same man opposed the Deity of the Son of God. 1835 Gentleman's Mag. Oct. 397/1 Mr. Gurney's work..is chiefly confined to the Deity of Christ. There is something open and decided in saying Deity, rather than Divinity. ΚΠ c1400 Rom. Rose 5656 And leven alle humanite, And purely lyve in deite. c1485 Digby Myst. (1882) iii. 1075 I ded natt asend to my father In deyyte. 2. a. concrete. A divinity, a divine being, a god; one of the gods worshipped by a people or tribe. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] godeOE deityc1374 higher powerc1384 princec1384 divinityc1386 governorc1400 powerc1425 numen1495 fear1535 heaven1554 godheada1586 godhood1586 landlorda1635 supreme1643 supercelestial1652 supernal1661 universality1681 father1820 unspeakable1843 Molimo1861 Mlimo1897 superperson1907 somebody up there1972 sky fairy1997 c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde iv. 1515 I swere it yow, and ek on ech goddesse, On every nymphe, and deyte infernal. 1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. D4v That I helde a supersticious opinion of loue, in honouring him for a Deitie. a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) iv. vi. 95 A thing Made by some other Deity then Nature, That shapes man Better. View more context for this quotation 1648 Bp. J. Wilkins Math. Magick i. xi. 69 Temples or Tombes..dedicated to some of their Deities. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. 448 The chief deity, the sun. 1814 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Vision III. viii. 3 The fair Cyprian deity [Venus]. 1851 D. Wilson Archæol. & Prehistoric Ann. Scotl. iii. ii. 398 The third altar..appears to be dedicated..to one of those obscure local deities. b. figurative. An object of worship; a thing or person deified. ΚΠ 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iv. iii. 71 This is the lyuer veine, which makes flesh a deitie . View more context for this quotation 1630 J. Taylor Wks. ii. 113/1 Tobacco (England's bainefull Diety). 3. (with capital) A supreme being as creator of the universe; the Deity, the Supreme Being, God. (Especially as a term of Natural Theology, and without explicit predication of personality.) ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > [noun] the Most HigheOE highesteOE alwaldendOE drightinOE godOE King of kingsOE heavenOE lordOE sky?1518 gossea1556 beingc1600 deity1647 Master of the Universe1765 Morimo1824 Molimo1861 Gawd1877 big guy1925 Modimo1958 1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. 15 They worship an invisible and an infinite Diety. 1694 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding (new ed.) i. iv. 30 A rational Creature, who will but seriously reflect on them, cannot miss the discovery of a Deity. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth I. 6 We see the greatness and wisdom of the Deity in all the seeming worlds that surround us. 1786 H. More Let. in Mem. Ld. Gambier (1861) I. x. 157 Polite ears are disgusted to hear their Maker called ‘the Lord’ in common talk, while serious ones think the fashionable appellation of ‘the Deity’ sounds extremely Pagan. 1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art I. 527 Newton..had recourse, for one of the forces, to the immediate action of the Deity. 1860 E. B. Pusey Minor Prophets 193 Men spoke of ‘the Deity’, as a sort of first cause of all things, and..had lost sight of the Personal God. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1362 |
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