Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who kills a god; specifically, one concerned in crucifying Jesus Christ.
- noun The act of killing a god; specifically, the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare The act of killing a being of a divine nature; particularly, the putting to death of Jesus Christ.
- noun One concerned in putting Christ to death.
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- noun The
killing of agod orgoddess . - noun The
killer of agod orgoddess . - noun Christianity (
theology ) Thecrucifixion ofJesus viewed as a crime.
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Examples
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The crucial change brought about in the relationship of Catholics to non-Catholics by Vatican II was the abandonment by the church of the charge of "deicide" against the Jewish people as a whole: in other words, the dropping of the allegation that the Jews bore a historic and collective responsibility for the torture and murder of Jesus.
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Williamson isn't the only Holocaust denier among the St. Pius X followers, and the Web site argues that Jews are guilty of "deicide" for crucifying Jesus.
Free Internet Press 2009
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Orthodox) who still believe that "Jews killed Christ" to preach against Jews because they still hold to the "deicide" charge.
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Orthodox) who still believe that "Jews killed Christ" to preach against Jews because they still hold to the "deicide" charge.
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Orthodox) who still believe that "Jews killed Christ" to preach against Jews because they still hold to the "deicide" charge.
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Orthodox) who still believe that "Jews killed Christ" to preach against Jews because they still hold to the "deicide" charge.
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Roman Catholic bishop Richard Williamson wrote in his weekly post that 'the killing of Jesus was truly "deicide" ' and that 'only the Jews leaders and people were the prime agents of the deicide'.
Bishop's blog raises tensions between Jews and the Vatican 2011
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In his weekly post, Williamson wrote that "the killing of Jesus was truly 'deicide' " and that "only the Jews leaders and people were the prime agents of the deicide because it is obvious from the gospels that the gentile most involved, Pontius Pilate, … would never have condemned Jesus to death had not the Jewish leaders roused the Jewish people to clamour for his crucifixion."
Bishop's blog raises tensions between Jews and the Vatican 2011
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Last month, Régis de Cacqueray, the head of the French SSPX chapter, also accused Jews of deicide.
Bishop's blog raises tensions between Jews and the Vatican 2011
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While Christian revenge for perceived Jewish deicide never materialized, I can't say the existential fear truly fizzled.
Josh Fleet: The J-Word: Why Jesus Is Taboo In Polite Jewish Conversation Josh Fleet 2012
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Destruction or killing of a god. (from Phrontistery)
May 24, 2008