semi-deityn.
= semigod n.
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the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > demigod or hero
kingeOE
half-godc1374
semigoda1464
heroa1522
demigod1530
indigetec1550
petty god1581
under-god1583
heroic1586
godling1596
semi-deity?1624
goddikin1675
medioxumus1677
godkin1765
man-god1826
godlet1884
?1624 G. Chapman tr. Crowne Homers Wks. 158 Men whose states, the Deities did raise To Semideities.
1686 R. Boyle Free Enq. Notion Nature 15 A certain Semi-Deity, which they call Nature.
1848 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 3) 190 Adieu! ye semideities!
1860 E. B. Pusey Minor Prophets 2 As if nature were a sort of semi-deity, or creation were its own Creator.
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