deiform
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- adjective Like a god; godlike in form.
- adjective Conformable to the character or will of God.
Examples
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And for this reason it shines within us in simplicity, and makes us deiform, that is, like unto God.
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He was much for liberty of conscience: And being disgusted with the dry systematical way of those times, he studied to raise those who conversed with him to a nobler set of thoughts, and to consider religion as a seed of a deiform nature, (to use one of his own phrases.)
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His intellect was patrician -- almost deiform in the old Roman sense.
Note
The word 'deiform' is comes from a Latin word meaning 'god' and '-form'.
