Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A being conceived as the perfect, omnipotent, omniscient originator and ruler of the universe, the principal object of faith and worship in monotheistic religions.
- noun The force, effect, or a manifestation or aspect of this being.
- noun A being of supernatural powers or attributes, believed in and worshiped by a people, especially a male deity thought to control some part of nature or reality.
- noun An image of a supernatural being; an idol.
- noun One that is worshiped, idealized, or followed.
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- noun A
deity : - noun An
idol - noun metaphor A person in a high position of
authority ; a powerfulruler ortyrant . - noun An exceedingly handsome man.
- noun Internet The person who owns and runs a
multi-user dungeon . - verb To
idolize . - verb to
deify
Etymologies
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Examples
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This use of the term, _which was common to him with his contemporaries_, and continued to be common after his time, is illustrated by his remarks on the passage, 'and the Logos was God'; in which he contended, that the Logos was god, in an inferior sense; -- not as we would say God, but _a god_, not _the_ divine being, but _a_ divine being.
The Arena Volume 4, No. 20, July, 1891 Various 1888
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Every tribe and every clan has its own protecting god, and every individual has his _my god_.
Sketch of the Mythology of the North American Indians First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 17-56 John Wesley Powell 1868
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⁊ us ba neomen god ende · for {} ȝelde alle þe us god doð · ⁊ milci hare sawle þe us god {175} idon habbeð · hare sawle ⁊ alle cristene sawleS.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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everyone needs an editor. shelby foote needed an editor. if god wrote books, *god* would need an editor.
Quick Answers (My Favorite Kind) Editorial Anonymous 2009
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It's not a 'god' particle Dec. 16, 2011 11:16 AM Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider cringe when journalists use the term "god particle" to describe the Higgs Boson, because it has nothing to do with religion - even though it may have been essential to the very creation of the universe as we know it.
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It's not a 'god' particle Dec. 16, 2011 5:04 PM Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider cringe when journalists use the term "god particle" to describe the Higgs Boson, because it has nothing to do with religion - even though it may have been essential to the very creation of the universe as we know it.
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It's not a 'god' particle Dec. 16, 2011 5:04 PM Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider cringe when journalists use the term "god particle" to describe the Higgs Boson, because it has nothing to do with religion - even though it may have been essential to the very creation of the universe as we know it.
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How they get up every morning and have faith in god, is no different than how they get up everymorning and have faith in themselves and the world.
Friendly religious questions for Christians and other monotheists 2009
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How they get up every morning and have faith in god, is no different than how they get up everymorning and have faith in themselves and the world.
Friendly religious questions for Christians and other monotheists 2009
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To say the word god in American public discourse is to conjure up a number of images and ideas that serve to undermine democracy in name of religious freedom.
Rev. Osagyefo Uhuru Sekou: 'Gods, Gays and Guns' (EXCERPT) Rev. Osagyefo Uhuru Sekou 2012
muamor commented on the word god
..means good is Swedish. Good God - Bad God. God is dog the other way around. Does God come when you whistle? I'm sure s/he does.
June 24, 2007
tammanycall commented on the word god
Public School Slang: 6th-form boy.
April 14, 2009