deity

See also: $DEITY

English

Etymology

From Middle French deité, from Latin deitās.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdiː.ɪ.ti/, /ˈdeɪ.ɪ.ti/
    • More traditional UK pronunciation(file)
    • Alternative UK pronunciation[1](file)
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdi.ə.ti/, [ˈdi.ə.ɾi]
  • Hyphenation: de‧i‧ty

Noun

deity (plural deities)

  1. The state of being a god; divine characteristics, godhead. [from 14th c.]
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.X.4:
      Thou seest all, yet none at all sees thee: / All that is by the working of thy Deitee.
  2. A divine being; a god or goddess. [from 14th c.]

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Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:god

Hyponyms

Translations

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See also

References

  1. ↑ The American Heritage Book of English Usage: A Practical and Authoritative Guide to Contemporary English, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 1996, →ISBN.

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