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God Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of God? [n] a material effigy that is worshipped as a god; "thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image"; "money was his god" [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 [n] the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions [n] a man of such superior qualities that he seems like a deity to other people; "he was a god among men" Synonyms \| Synonyms for God: deity \| divinity \| graven image \| idol \| immortal \| Supreme Being Related Terms \| Find terms related to God: 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 \| conception \| conflict \| contention \| Cora \| corn spirit \| creative imagination \| creative power \| creative thought \| Cupid \| Cynthia \| Dame Fortune \| dark lightning \| Davy \| Davy Jones \| Decuma \| deep \| deity \| Demeter \| demigod \| demigoddess \| Despoina \| Diana \| Dike \| Dionysus \| Dis \| Dis pater \| disaccord \| disaffinity \| discord \| discordance \| discordancy \| Discordia \| disharmony \| divinity \| 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 \| flying flame \| forest god \| forked lightning \| Fortuna \| fresh-water nymph \| Frey \| Freya \| friction \| Frigg \| fulguration \| fulmination \| Gaea \| Ge \| genius \| geography \| geosphere \| globe \| goddess \| Hades \| Heaven \| Hecate \| Hekate \| Hel \| Helicon \| Helios \| Hera \| hero \| heroine \| Hestia \| Hippocrene \| Hymen \| Hyperion \| idol \| immortal \| incompatibility \| incompatibleness \| Indra \| 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 \| mermaid \| merman \| Minerva \| Minos \| mischief \| Moirai \| Morta \| mother earth \| Muse \| mythicization \| mythification \| mythopoeia \| naiad \| Nemesis \| Neptune \| Nereid \| Nereus \| nix \| nixie \| Nona \| noncooperation \| Norns \| numen \| 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 \| Poseidon \| power \| 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 \| spirit \| 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 \| Triton \| tutelary \| 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 \| Allah \| Almighty \| Anglo-Saxon deity \| Arhant \| Arhat \| Boddhisatva \| Bodhisattva \| Celtic deity \| Chinese deity \| Creator \| daemon \| demigod \| demiurge \| Demogorgon \| Divine \| earth-god \| effigy \| Egyptian deity \| Fates \| God Almighty \| god of war \| goddess \| Godhead \| golden calf \| Graeco-Roman deity \| Greco-Roman deity \| Greek deity \| higher-up \| Hindu deity \| Hypnos \| image \| Jahvey \| Jahweh \| Japanese deity \| Jehovah \| JHVH \| joss \| Juggernaut \| lohan \| Lord \| Maker \| Morpheus \| Norse deity \| pantheon \| Persian deity \| Phrygian deity \| Quetzalcoatl \| Roman deity \| saint \| sea-god \| Semitic deity \| simulacrum \| snake god \| spiritual being \| sun-god \| superior \| supernatural being \| superordinate \| Teutonic deity \| the Fates \| Wahvey \| war god \| Yahve \| Yahveh \| Yahwe \| Yahweh \| YHVH \| YHWH \| zombi \| zombie God In Webster's Dictionary \God\, a. & n. Good. [Obs.] --Chaucer. \God\ (g[o^]d), n. [AS. god; akin to OS. & D. god, OHG. got, G. gott, Icel. gu[eth], go[eth], Sw. & Dan. gud, Goth. gup, prob. orig. a p. p. from a root appearing in Skr. h[=u], p. p. h[=u]ta, to call upon, invoke, implore. [root]30. Cf. {Goodbye}, {Gospel}, {Gossip}.] 1. A being conceived of as possessing supernatural power, and to be propitiated by sacrifice, worship, etc.; a divinity; a deity; an object of worship; an idol. He maketh a god, and worshipeth it. --Is. xliv. 15. The race of Israel . . . bowing lowly down To bestial gods. --Milton. 2. The Supreme Being; the eternal and infinite Spirit, the Creator, and the Sovereign of the universe; Jehovah. God is a Spirit; and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. --John iv. 24. 3. A person or thing deified and honored as the chief good; an object of supreme regard. Whose god is their belly. --Phil. iii. 19. 4. Figuratively applied to one who wields great or despotic power. [R.] --Shak. {Act of God}. (Law) See under {Act}. {Gallery gods}, the occupants of the highest and cheapest gallery of a theater. [Colloq.] {God's acre}, {God's field}, a burial place; a churchyard. See under {Acre}. {God's house}. (a) An almshouse. [Obs.] (b) A church. {God's penny}, earnest penny. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl. {God's Sunday}, Easter. \God\, v. t. To treat as a god; to idolize. [Obs.] --Shak.

God Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of God?

[n] a material effigy that is worshipped as a god; "thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image"; "money was his god"
[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
[n] the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
[n] a man of such superior qualities that he seems like a deity to other people; "he was a god among men"

God In Webster's Dictionary

\God\, a. & n.
Good. [Obs.] --Chaucer.


\God\ (g[o^]d), n. [AS. god; akin to OS. & D. god, OHG. got,
G. gott, Icel. gu[eth], go[eth], Sw. & Dan. gud, Goth. gup,
prob. orig. a p. p. from a root appearing in Skr. h[=u], p.
p. h[=u]ta, to call upon, invoke, implore. [root]30. Cf.
{Goodbye}, {Gospel}, {Gossip}.]
1. A being conceived of as possessing supernatural power, and
   to be propitiated by sacrifice, worship, etc.; a divinity;
   a deity; an object of worship; an idol.

         He maketh a god, and worshipeth it.   --Is. xliv.
                                               15.

         The race of Israel . . . bowing lowly down To
         bestial gods.                         --Milton.

2. The Supreme Being; the eternal and infinite Spirit, the
   Creator, and the Sovereign of the universe; Jehovah.

         God is a Spirit; and they that worship him must
         worship him in spirit and in truth.   --John iv. 24.

3. A person or thing deified and honored as the chief good;
   an object of supreme regard.

         Whose god is their belly.             --Phil. iii.
                                               19.

4. Figuratively applied to one who wields great or despotic
   power. [R.] --Shak.

{Act of God}. (Law) See under {Act}.

{Gallery gods}, the occupants of the highest and cheapest
   gallery of a theater. [Colloq.]

{God's acre}, {God's field}, a burial place; a churchyard.
   See under {Acre}.

{God's house}.
   (a) An almshouse. [Obs.]
   (b) A church.

{God's penny}, earnest penny. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.

{God's Sunday}, Easter.


\God\, v. t.
To treat as a god; to idolize. [Obs.] --Shak.

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