godderyn.
/ˈɡɒdəri/, U.S. /ˈɡɑdəri/ rare.
An assemblage of gods; a pantheon. Also in extended use.
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the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > nature of god(s) > habitation or assemblage of gods
pantheon?1545
goddery1811
thearchy1852
pantheonization1883
the world > the supernatural > deity > heaven > [noun] > non-Christian
heaveneOE
other worldOE
paradise?a1425
pantheon?1545
Olympus1582
Hesperidesa1592
tian1613
afterworld1615
Swarga1734
goddery1811
Pure Land1819
Reinga1820
Tir-na-nog1889
Jodo1901
sand-hill1949
1811 Edinb. Rev. Feb. 315 We accordingly find the Indian Olympus more plentifully flocked with inhabitants, than any other goddery on record.
1819 W. Lawrence Lect. Physiol. (1822) 17 The appropriation of a mutilated statue to its rightful owner in some heathen goddery.
1916 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 7 Feb. 4/5 The tales she used to tell on some of the most respectable members of the Pantheon were such as to keep the whole goddery in a turmoil.
2000 J. Hutnyk Critique Exotica vii. 199 The denouement of Arundhati Roy's novel involves the summary execution of comrade Velutha, now a martyr in the goddery of leftist literacy.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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