Definitions

Sorry, no definitions found. You may find more data at deity.

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Deity.

Examples

  • Under the word Deity, he suggested an insertion, reminding the President that a reference to God was called for.

    No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003

  • Under the word Deity, he suggested an insertion, reminding the President that a reference to God was called for.

    No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003

  • Under the word Deity, he suggested an insertion, reminding the President that a reference to God was called for.

    No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003

  • Under the word Deity, he suggested an insertion, reminding the President that a reference to God was called for.

    No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003

  • Justice and mercy are the supreme attributes of the perfection which we call Deity, but all men everywhere comprehend them; there is no speech nor language in which their voice is not heard, and they cannot be vainly exercised with regard to the docile and intelligent millions of India.

    Speeches on Questions of Public Policy, Volume 1 John Bright 1850

  • The lapse of time has seconded the sacerdotal arts; and in the East, as well as in the West, the Deity is addressed in an obsolete tongue, unknown to the majority of the congregation.

    The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

  • I don't like Fascists, but in general claiming the sole support of a monotheistic (and antagonistic) Deity is a typical tactic.

    Friendly religious questions for Christians and other monotheists 2009

  • To posit them in a fictional universe with a single Deity is to risk offending sincere believers who will (quite rightly) reason that if there is only one god, it can only be God.

    MIND MELD: Gods by the Bushel 2009

  • I don't like Fascists, but in general claiming the sole support of a monotheistic (and antagonistic) Deity is a typical tactic.

    Friendly religious questions for Christians and other monotheists 2009

  • (I find in all these Coast Indian legends that the Deity is represented by four men, usually paddling an immense canoe.)

    Legends of Vancouver 1911

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.