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Deity

Deity Meaning & Definition
Deity Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Deity?

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

Synonyms | Synonyms for Deity: divinity | god | immortal

Related Terms | Find terms related to Deity: afflatus | Aides | Aidoneus | Amen-Ra | Amor | Aphrodite | Apollo | Apollo Musagetes | Ares | Artemis | artistic imagination | Ashtoreth | Astarte | Astraea | Athena | Atropos | Baal | ball lightning | Bellona | biosphere | blindfolded Justice | bolt | bolt of lightning | Bragi | Cailleac | Calliope | Castilian Spring | Cerberus | Ceres | chain lightning | Charon | clash | clashing | Clio | Clotho | commercialism | conception | conflict | contention | Cora | corn god | corn spirit | creative imagination | creative power | creative thought | creator | Cupid | Cynthia | Dame Fortune | dark lightning | Davy | Davy Jones | Decuma | deep | Demeter | demigod | demigoddess | Despoina | Diana | Dike | Dionysos | Dionysus | Dis | Dis pater | disaccord | disaffinity | discord | discordance | discordancy | Discordia | disharmony | Donar | dread rattling thunder | Dylan | Earth | enmity | Enyo | Erato | Erebus | Eris | Eros | esemplastic imagination | esemplastic power | Euterpe | Fata | Fates | faun | Faunus | fertility god | field spirit | fire of genius | fireball | firebolt | Flora | flying flame | forest god | forked lightning | Fortuna | fresh-water nymph | Frey | Freya | friction | Frigg | fulguration | fulmination | Gaea | Gaia | Ge | genius | geography | geosphere | globe | god | goddess | Hades | Heaven | Hecate | Hekate | Hel | Helicon | Helios | Hera | Hermes | hero | heroine | Hestia | Hippocrene | Hymen | Hyperion | idol | incompatibility | incompatibleness | Indra | industrialism | inharmoniousness | inharmony | inspiration | Isis | jangle | jar | Juno | Jupiter Fidius | Jupiter Fulgur | Jupiter Pluvius | Jupiter Tonans | Justice | Justitia | Kama | kelpie | Kore | Lachesis | lares and penates | levin bolt | lightning | limniad | Loki | Love | Luna | man fish | Mars | Melpomene | mercantilism | Mercury | mermaid | merman | Minerva | Minos | mischief | Moirai | Morta | mother earth | Muse | mythicization | mythification | mythopoeia | naiad | Nemesis | Neptune | Nereid | Nereus | nix | nixie | Nona | noncooperation | Norns | oak-cleaving thunderbolts | ocean nymph | Oceanid | Oceanus | Odin | open conflict | Orcus | Osiris | Pan | panisc | panisca | paniscus | Parcae | Parnassus | peal of thunder | Persephassa | Persephone | Phoebe | Phoebus | Phoebus Apollo | phoenix | Pierian Spring | Pierides | Pluto | poesy | poetic genius | poetic imagination | Polyhymnia | Pomona | Poseidon | Priapus | Pronuba | Proserpina | Proserpine | Providence | Ra | Rhadamanthus | rub | Satan | satyr | Savitar | sea devil | sea god | sea nymph | sea-maid | sea-maiden | seaman | Selene | Set | Shamash | shaping imagination | sheet lightning | silenus | siren | Skuld | Sol | strained relations | stroke of lightning | Surya | sylvan deity | Teleia | Tellus | tension | Terpsichore | Terra | terrestrial globe | Thalia | the blue planet | the goat god | the Muses | Themis | Thetis | this pendent world | Thor | thunder | thunderball | thunderbolt | thunderclap | thundercrack | thundering | thunderpeal | thunderstorm | thunderstroke | Titan | Tiu | Triptolemos | Triptolemus | Triton | Tyche | Typhon | Tyr | undine | unharmoniousness | unpleasantness | Urdur | vale | vale of tears | Varuna | Vayu | vegetation spirit | Venus | Verthandi | Vesta | Vidar | Vitharr | water god | water spirit | water sprite | Weird Sisters | Weirds | whole wide world | Woden | world | Wotan | Zephyr | Zephyrus | Zeus

See Also | Anglo-Saxon deity | Arhant | Arhat | Boddhisatva | Bodhisattva | Celtic deity | Chinese deity | daemon | demigod | demiurge | Demogorgon | earth-god | Egyptian deity | Fates | god of war | goddess | Graeco-Roman deity | Greco-Roman deity | Greek deity | Hindu deity | Hypnos | Japanese deity | lohan | Morpheus | Norse deity | pantheon | Persian deity | Phrygian deity | Quetzalcoatl | Roman deity | saint | sea-god | Semitic deity | snake god | spiritual being | sun-god | supernatural being | Teutonic deity | the Fates | war god | zombi | zombie

Deity In Webster's Dictionary

\De"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Deities}. [OE. deite, F. d['e]it['e], 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. d[=e]va divine, as a noun, god, daiva divine, dy[=o] 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}.] 1. 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. They declared with emphasis the perfect deity and the perfect manhood of Christ. --Milman. 2. A god or goddess; a heathen god. To worship calves, the deities Of Egypt. --Milton. {The Deity}, God, the Supreme Being. This great poet and philosopher [Simonides], the more he contemplated the nature of the Deity, found that he waded but the more out of his depth. --Addison.

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