godhead

See also: Godhead

English

From Middle English godhede, equivalent to god +‎ -head (“-hood”). First attested in the Ancrene Riwle (ca. 1225); compare godhood and Dutch godheid as well as German Gottheit.

godhead (plural godheads)

divinity or godhood, divine essence or nature
- 1611, Bible (King James Version), Colossians 2:9:
  
  For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
God
(rare) any deity or idol
an admired or influential person or entity
- 2007 June, Gregory Mone, “Invention: A New Breed of Mouse”, in Popular Science‎, volume 270, number 6, page 56:
  He pauses, as if hesitant to mention the godhead of computer design aloud, and adds, "Maybe even something Apple would be interested in."

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