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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