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- noun Plural form of
god . - noun The highest platform, or upper circle, in an
auditorium . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
god .
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Examples
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Then again the Assyrian conquerors take especial pride in carrying off with them the statues of the gods of the nations they subdue, and never fail to record the fact in these words: "I carried away _their gods_," beyond a doubt with the idea that, in so doing, they put it out of their enemies 'power to procure the assistance of their divine protectors.
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Above all the phantasmata of gods and goddesses who descended to the plains of Troy, and mingled in the din and strife of battle, we can recognize an overshadowing, all-embracing Power and Providence that dwells on high, which never descends into the battle-field, and is never seen by mortal eyes -- _the Universal King and Father, -- the "God of gods_."
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Tomorrow, 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm: When a lawmaker named Elijah Cummings is the guest of honor at a fundraiser thrown by a guy named Floyd Malveau, the name gods smile.
HUFFPOST HILL - Rick Perry Is The North Star Of Texas Lobbyists
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I swear, I have angered the title gods somehow, and nothing seems to want to emblazon the cover of this book. *stabs title gods*
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Lowercase the word gods in references to the deities of polytheistic religions.
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Lowercase the word gods in references to the deities of polytheistic religions.
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Then there's bufes, what he calls gods, 'n they can be devils.
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Then there's bufes, what he calls gods, 'n they can be devils.
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We must never forget that what we call gods in ancient mythologies are not substantial, living, individual beings, of whom we can predicate this or that.
India: What can it teach us? A Course of Lectures Delivered before the University Of Cambridge
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The senate, on the motion of some of the leading mem* bers, devised a new form of oath, by which they called the gods to witness, that no man by any act of theirs had been aggrieved, and that they themselves had derived no kind of advantage from the calamity of the times.
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"He said that he had seen from the gods my peerless globes as I sat in a box of the Theatre Royal at a command performance of La Cigale."
Joyce, Ulysses, 15
February 6, 2007