deity
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- noun
- /ˈdiːəti/
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deidad
- It's a symbol associated with the worship of a pagan deity.
- worship a deity
- devotee of a deity
- patron deity
They treat reason itself as if it's a deity who tells us things.
- They treat reason itself as if it's a deity who tells us things.
- The God Ammon from ancient Egypt is the deity of fertility.
- There's different deities that people believe in.
- And he wrote about how he was deathly afraid of their deity, Bel Marduk.
- In the lower level of the shrine, we have another major deity of Ming Dynasty Taoism.
- He reads the Hebrew Bible and says that is not a deity.
- or the work of some malevolent deity or demon that wants to sabotage your life,
- I'm going to feel very local, very loyal to that local deity.
- Is it were they afraid of the Fang deities and all knowing God?
- And the deity, this is where it gets cool.
- I was just seeing if we had any deity, deity, deity.
- A lot of a lot of religious deities have the same story.
Examples
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It is rooted in sacrifice to a deity.
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In classical mythology, Apollo was a solar deity associated with healing who spent the winter among the Hyperboreans.
Academic text (2008) -
Aeylin made a prayer to the Deity of Fire, another to the Deity of Magic.
Fiction book (1992) -
God is a loving, compassionate, just deity.
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I will consult our protective deities.
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Her life for his: I am sure she bargained with the Deity when she knelt in prayer.
Fiction book (1998) -
For example, the chief deity of the Kurish tribe and Mecca was Hubal.
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In the lower level of the shrine, we have another major deity of Ming Dynasty Taoism.
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For example, the Fon conceptualize their Supreme Deity, Mawu-Lisa, as both male and female in essence.
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In many cultures, a deity is considered to have control over natural forces like the rain and the sun.
Synonyms
Compounds
A god or goddess worshipped long ago by groups such as the Babylonians and Hebrews
- Literature
A god or goddess worshipped by ancient people from northern Europe like Odin
How Powerful
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word deity comes from the Latin deus, which means 'god', and is related to familiar English words like divine. So a deity is a being worshipped as a 'god' or a 'goddess'.