deity
NounUS[dee-uh-tee]/ˈdiəti/3 syllables
Open English WordNet
Noun (1)deities
- any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a forceSynonyms: divinitygodimmortalType of spiritual being, supernatural beingKinds saint, goddess, war god, Japanese deity, Greek deity, zombi, Chinese deity, Norse deity, Egyptian deity, demiurge +13 moreExamples Demogorgon, Bodhisattva, Morpheus, Hypnos, QuetzalcoatlMember of pantheon
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
De′i·ty (dē′ĭ-ty̆), noun; pl. Deities (dē′wb-a1′>′ĭ·tĭz).
Origin: OE. deite, F. déité, fr. L. deitas, fr. deus a god; akin to divus divine, Jupiter, gen. Jovis, Jupiter, dies day, Gr. δῖος divine, Ζεύς, gen. Διός, Zeus, Skr. dēva divine, as a noun, god, daiva divine, dyō 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.— Henry Hart Milman
2. A god or goddess; a heathen god.
To worship calves, the deities Of Egypt.— John 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.— Joseph Addison
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54