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ˈdi əˌsaɪdde·i·cide

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Wiktionary

  1. deicidenoun

    The killing of a god or goddess.

  2. deicidenoun

    The killer of a god or goddess.

  3. deicidenoun

    The crucifixion of Jesus viewed as a crime.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. DEICIDEnoun

    The murder of God; the act of killing God. It is only used in speaking of the death of our blessed Saviour.

    Etymology: from deus and cædo, Latin.

    Explain how perfection suffer’d pain,
    Almighty languish’d, and Eternal dy’d;
    How by her patient victor death was slain,
    And earth profan’d, yet bless’d with deicide! Matthew Prior.

Wikipedia

  1. Deicide

    Deicide is the killing (or the killer) of a god. The concept may be used for any act of killing a god, including a life-death-rebirth deity who is killed and then resurrected.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Deicidenoun

    the act of killing a being of a divine nature; particularly, the putting to death of Jesus Christ

  2. Deicidenoun

    one concerned in putting Christ to death

  3. Etymology: [L. deicida a deicide (in sense 2); deus god + cdere to cut, kill: cf. F. dicide.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Deicide

    dē′i-sīd, n. the killing of a god: the putting to death of Jesus Christ. [From a supposed Low L. form deicidiumdeus, a god, and cædĕre, to kill.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of deicide in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of deicide in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

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