godhead

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  1. noun Divinity; godhood.
  2. noun The Christian God, especially the Trinity.
  3. noun The essential and divine nature of God, regarded abstractly.

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  • In fact, it's our understanding that LDS believe in three * beings* as the godhead - three —  T F Stern's Rantings
  • If Man and his wisdom is to ascend to the godhead, then His church is built on government ` s wielding of power. —  Canada Free Press
  • If you also took careful note, I also mentioned that this notion of marriage as a sacred spiritual union between a man and woman witnessed by a godhead is echoed in other religions and traditions. —  newmatilda.com - Comments
  • The priests cannot convince the plain man of Agni's super-godhead, and soon they will fail to convince even themselves. —  Hindu Gods And Heroes Studies in the History of the Religion of India
  • Only go on, and turn thy steps where the pathway leads thee Speaking she turned away, and her neck shone roseate, her immortal tresses breathed the fragrance of deity; her raiment fell flowing down to her feet, and the godhead was manifest in her tread. —  The Aeneid of Virgil
 

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  1. Middle English godhode, godhede, from Old English godhād : god, god; see god + -hād, -hood.

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  1. from Middle English godhed, godhede (also godhod, later English godhood) (= Dutch godheid = Old High German gotheit, Middle High German goteheit, German gottheit); from god + -head.
 

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/ˈgɑdhɛd/
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