Definitions for deityˈdi ɪ ti

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

de•i•tyˈdi ɪ ti(n.)(pl.)-ties.

  1. a god or goddess.

    Category: Religion

  2. divine character or nature; divinity.

    Category: Religion

  3. a person or thing revered as supremely powerful or beneficent.

  4. the Deity, God.

    Category: Religion

Origin of deity:

1250–1300; ME deite < OF < LL deitās= L de(us) god +-itās -ity , formed after L dīvīnitāsdivinity

Princeton's WordNet

  1. deity, divinity, god, immortal(noun)

    any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force

Wiktionary

  1. deity(Noun)

    , A preternatural or supernatural human or non-human being or entity, or an object that possesses miraculous or supernatural attributes, powers or superpowers (e.g. a god or goddess).

  2. deity(Noun)

    , The divine character of a divinity.

  3. deity(Noun)

    , A being, entity or object revered as a god or goddess.

  4. Origin: From deus ‘god’ + -ī.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Deity(noun)

    the collection of attributes which make up the nature of a god; divinity; godhead; as, the deity of the Supreme Being is seen in his works

  2. Deity(noun)

    a god or goddess; a heathen god


Translations for deity

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

deity(noun)

a god or goddess

Bacchus was one of the Roman deities.

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