the Most High (also with lower-case initials): the Supreme Being; God. Formerly also †the High. Cf. highest, n. 1b.

Chiefly with capital initial. With the. God, as the Supreme Being. Also in the Most Highest.

(A title of) God, the Almighty. Cf. all-wielding, adj.

A lord, ruler, chief; spec. the Lord God, or Christ.

Especially in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam: the Supreme Being, regarded as the creator and ruler of the universe. Treated as a proper name.

Christian Church. (A title of or name for) God or Jesus Christ. In early use also kings' king, all kings' king.

Frequently with capital initial. Cf. phrases 3. The power or majesty of heaven, esp. as a force controlling human life or fate; God, Providence.

In Christianity and (less usually) Judaism and Islam: (a title of or name for) God. Frequently with the. Also in Lord God and (less frequently) Lord…

Heaven, the celestial abode of God or gods; (also) heavenly power or powers. Chiefly with the. Chiefly p… In singular.

Mincing pronunciation of god, n. int.: cf. gosh, n.

With defining word or phrase: God. Esp. in Supreme Being.

(with capital) A supreme being as creator of the universe; the Deity, the Supreme Being, God. (Especially as a term of Natural Theology, and…

spec. (now chiefly in Jewish usage): God.

= Modimo, n.

Among the Sotho speakers of eastern and southern Africa: the supreme being, the Christian God. Also: a god, an ancestral spirit. Also as int. Cf. M…

= god, n. int.

With the. God. Also more fully the big guy upstairs, the big guy in the sky.

Among the Sotho speakers of eastern and southern Africa: the supreme being; the Christian God; (in form modimo) a god, an ancestral spirit; (also)…