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| 1. | [ noun ] (religion) the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions | |
| Synonyms: | Supreme_Being | |
| Related terms: | spiritual_being Godhead Allah Yahweh | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (religion) any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force | |
| Synonyms: | divinity deity immortal | |
| Related terms: | spiritual_being saint Buddha goddess war_god Celtic_deity Egyptian_deity daemon Semitic_deity Hindu_deity Fates Morpheus Norse_deity Anglo-Saxon_deity Chinese_deity Japanese_deity Persian_deity earth-god demiurge Greco-Roman_deity Greek_deity Roman_deity Quetzalcoatl Teutonic_deity Bodhisattva Phrygian_deity demogorgon hypnos Arhat sun-god sea-god zombi pantheon | |
| 3. | [ noun ] a man of such superior qualities that he seems like a deity to other people | |
| Examples: | "he was a god among men" |
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| Related terms: | superior | |
| 4. | [ noun ] (religion) a material effigy that is worshipped as a god | |
| Synonyms: | idol graven_image | |
| Examples: | "thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image" "money was his god" |
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| Related terms: | effigy joss golden_calf juggernaut idolize | |
| Similar spelling: |
good goad Gowdy Goudy Gouda Goody Goode Godoy gout Gott Goto Goth goat gouty Gotto go_to |
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