Definitions for Deity
ˈdi ɪ tide·ity

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 5 votes

1. deity, divinity, god, immortalnoun

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

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. deitynoun

   Synonym of divinity : the state, position, or fact of being a god.

   Thou seest all, yet none at all sees thee: / All that is by the working of thy Deitee.

2. deitynoun

   A supernatural divine being; a god or goddess.

   The crux of monotheism is not only belief in a single deity but belief in a deity who is different from everything else.

3. Etymology: From Middle French deité, from Latin deitās.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Deitynoun

   Etymology: déité, French, from deitas, Latin.

   1. Divinity; the nature and essence of God.]

   Some things he doth as God, because his deity alone is the spring from which they flow; some things as man, because they issue from his meer human nature; some things jointly as both God and man, because both natures concur as principles thereunto. Richard Hooker, b. v. s. 53.

   With what arms
   We mean to hold, what antiently we claim
   Of deity, or empire. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. v. l. 724.

   2. A fabulous god; a term applied to the heathen gods and goddesses.

   Will you suffer a temple, how poorly built soever, but yet a temple of your deity, to be razed? Philip Sidney, b. ii.

   Heard you not what an humble suppliant
   Lord Hastings was to her for his delivery?
   —— Who humbly complaining to her deity,
   Got my lord chamberlain his liberty. William Shakespeare, Richard III.

   Give the gods a thankful sacrifice when it pleaseth their deities to take the wife of a man from him. William Shakespeare, Ant. and Cleop.

   3. The supposed divinity of a heathen god.

   They on their former journey forward pass,
   In ways unknown, her wandering knight to seek;
   With pains far passing that long wandering Greek,
   That for his love refused deity. Fairy Queen, b. i. cant. 4.

   By what reason could the same deity be denied unto Laurentia and Flora, which was given to Venus? Walter Raleigh.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. deity

   The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) is an executive agency of the Union Government of the Republic of India. It was carved out of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology on 19 July 2016 as a standalone ministerial agency responsible for IT policy, strategy and development of the electronics industry. Under the sponsorship of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, the "Northeast Heritage" Web, owned by the Government of India, publishes information on Northeast India, in 5 Indian languages, Assamese, Meitei (Manipuri), Bodo, Khasi and Mizo, in addition to Hindi and English.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 2 votes

1. Deitynoun

   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. Deitynoun

   a god or goddess; a heathen god

3. Etymology: [OE. deite, F. dit, fr. L. deitas, fr. deus a god; akin to divus divine, Jupiter, gen. Jovis, Jupiter, dies day, Gr. di^os divine, Zey`s, gen. Dio`s, Zeus, Skr. dva divine, as a noun, god, daiva divine, dy sky, day, hence, the sky personified as a god, and to the first syllable of E. Tuesday, Gael. & Ir. dia God, W. duw. Cf. Divine, Journey, Journal, Tuesday.]

FreebaseRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Deity

   In traditional belief, a deity is a supernatural being, and who may be thought of as holy, divine, or sacred. Believers believe that the deities created for their religions are true, and often that they can communicate with the deities, who can respond supernaturally to their entreaties. Some religions have one supreme deity, others have multiple deities of various ranks. C. Scott Littleton's Gods, Goddesses, and Mythology defined a deity as "a being with powers greater than those of ordinary humans, but who interacts with humans, positively or negatively, in ways that carry humans to new levels of consciousness beyond the grounded preoccupations of ordinary life." Deities are depicted in a variety of forms, but are also frequently expressed as having human form. Some faiths and traditions consider it blasphemous to imagine or depict the deity as having any concrete form. Deities are often thought to be immortal, and are commonly assumed to have personalities and to possess consciousness, intellects, desires, and emotions comparable but usually superior to those of humans. A male deity is a god, while a female deity is a goddess. Historically, natural phenomena whose causes were not well understood, such as lightning and catastrophes such as earthquakes and floods, were attributed to them. They were thought to be able to work supernatural miracles and to be the authorities and controllers of various aspects of human life. Some deities were asserted to be the directors of time and fate itself, to be the givers of human law and morality, to be the ultimate judges of human worth and behavior, and that the universe is designed by them, instead of being a natural result of the laws of physics.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Deity

   dē′i-ti, n. the divinity: godhead: a god or goddess: the Supreme Being. [Fr.,—Low L. deitas—L. deus, god; Sans. deva—div, to shine.]

Anagrams for Deity »

1. diety

2. tydie

How to pronounce Deity?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Mia

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   Karen

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Deity in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Deity in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Deity in a Sentence

1. Frank Sinatra:

   When lip service to some mysterious deity permits bestiality on Wednesday and absolution on Sunday, cash me out.

2. Václav Havel:

   If by believing you mean praying to an anthropomorphic deity who created the world and half controls it and half observes it, then I am probably not a believer. But if you mean that it is not all accidental, that there is a mystery to existence, a deeper meaning, that I do believe in.”

3. Ileana Adriana Stan:

   The New World Order was made for the ethical believers in an incorporeal, single and perfectly ethical Deity.

4. Ileana Adriana Stan:

   A real spy is an ethical believer in an incorporeal and ethical Deity.

5. Anthon St Maarten:

   You are one thing only. You are a Divine Being. An all-powerful Creator. You are a Deity in jeans and a t-shirt, and within you dwells the infinite wisdom of the ages and the sacred creative force of All that is, will be and ever was.

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