deitynoun [ C ]
uk/ˈdeɪ.ɪ.ti/us/ˈdiː.ə.t̬i/a god or goddess:
Ares and Aphrodite were the ancient Greek deities of war and love.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
God & gods
- almighty
- Aphrodite
- Apollo
- Artemis
- Athena
- demigod
- divine
- father
- incarnation
- infinite
- Jehovah
- Jesus Christ
- lamb
- lord
- muse
- Nike
- saviour
- sun god
- the Fates idiom
- trinity
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Examples from literature
- For the Deity, who embraces all true being, and a knowledge of whom alone makes salvation possible, is only known in proportion as he reveals himself.
- Now, this is brought before us in the text in this one fact, that man has been made a habitation of the Deity—"I dwell with him that is of a contrite and humble spirit."
- Peace on Earth, the Deity's Good Will!
- That the Deity, who himself must be supposed to feel love and affection for the beings he has called into existence, should delegate a portion of those powers, I for one cannot conceive altogether so wrong a conjecture.
Examples from literature
- For the Deity, who embraces all true being, and a knowledge of whom alone makes salvation possible, is only known in proportion as he reveals himself.
- Now, this is brought before us in the text in this one fact, that man has been made a habitation of the Deity—"I dwell with him that is of a contrite and humble spirit."
- Peace on Earth, the Deity's Good Will!
- That the Deity, who himself must be supposed to feel love and affection for the beings he has called into existence, should delegate a portion of those powers, I for one cannot conceive altogether so wrong a conjecture.