单词	deity
释义	deityde‧i‧ty /ˈdeɪəti, ˈdiː-/ noun (plural deities) [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINdeity Origin: 1300-1400 Old French deité, from Latin deus ‘god’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS He even extended the pattern to apply to the deity. On earth, too, the deities were exceedingly and humanly attractive. Originally religion constituted an abiding relationship not only with deity, but even more with place. The Holy Spirit is that part of the deity given us to enable us to pray. Their deity, Goddess Vankul Mata ji, rides on a camel and specifically bequeathed the animal to them. There were many ways of inducing the deities to reside in the shrines and temples. These might represent the deity, the donor, or neither. Thesaurus THESAURUS► god a male spirit or being who is believed by some religions to control the world or part of it, or who represents a particular quality: · Odin was the Viking god of war. ► goddess a female god: · Artemis, the Greek goddess of the moon ► deity a god. Deity is more formal than god: · a Hindu deity· Roman deities· the Supreme Deity ► idol a picture or statue that people pray to as a god: · a bronze idol WORD SETS► Mythology centaur, nounchimera, nounCyclops, noundeity, noundemigod, nounfaun, noungod, noungriffin, noungryphon, nounHades, nounlegend, nounlotus, nounmyth, nounmythic, adjectivemythical, adjectivenymph, nounoracle, nounsaga, nounsatyr, nounsphinx, nounwyvern, noun a god or goddess:  the deities of ancient Greece
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