deity : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: deity	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for deity
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
deity n any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force Synonym(s): deity, divinity, god, immortal
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deity \De"ity\, n.; pl. {Deities}. [OE. deite, F. d[82]it[82], fr. L. deitas, fr. deus a god; akin to divus divine, Jupiter, gen. Jovis, Jupiter, dies day, Gr. di^os divine, Zey`s, gen. Dio`s, Zeus, Skr. d[emac]va divine, as a noun, god, daiva divine, dy[omac] sky, day, hence, the sky personified as a god, and to the first syllable of E. Tuesday, Gael. & Ir. dia God, W. duw. Cf. {Divine}, {Journey}, {Journal}, {Tuesday}.] 1. The collection of attributes which make up the nature of a god; divinity; godhead; as, the deity* of the Supreme Being is seen in his works. They declared with emphasis the perfect deity and the perfect manhood of Christ. --Milman. 2. A god or goddess; a heathen god. To worship calves, the deities Of Egypt. --Milton. {The Deity}, God, the Supreme Being. This great poet and philosopher [Simonides], the more he contemplated the nature of the Deity, found that he waded but the more out of his depth. --Addison.