deity

UK /ˈdiː.ɪ.ti/ US /ˈdi.ə.ti/

noun 2

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

major, supreme

lesser, minor

In Roman mythology, people worshipped many lesser deities alongside the main gods.

benevolent

patron

Many people visit the temple to pray to their patron deity for protection and good fortune.

female, male | heathen, local, pagan, Roman, etc.

VERB + DEITY

worship

Many ancient civilizations worshipped powerful deities that they believed controlled the natural world.

PHRASES

the incarnation/manifestation/representation of a deity

In ancient Egypt, the pharaoh was believed to be the incarnation of a deity.

Definitions

noun

Synonym of divinity: the state, position, or fact of being a god.

Thou seest all, yet none at all sees thee: / All that is by the working of thy Deitee.

A supernatural divine being; a god or goddess.

The fact that in most lands the moon was originally a female deity has led many historians to dispute the superiority of the moon over the sun in ancient mythology.

Every act of a Roman, from birth to death, from dawn to night, was controlled and supervised by some presiding deity.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part o

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Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Thou seest all, yet none at all sees thee: / All that is by the working of thy Deitee.

Wiktionary

The fact that in most lands the moon was originally a female deity has led many historians to dispute the superiority of the moon over the sun in ancient mythology.

Wiktionary

Every act of a Roman, from birth to death, from dawn to night, was controlled and supervised by some presiding deity.

Wiktionary

Do you know which deity this temple is dedicated to?

Tatoeba · #58959

It is the preservation of the species, not of individuals, which appears to be the design of Deity throughout the whole of nature.

Tatoeba · #413857

I found an alcove with a statue of a Hindu deity.

Tatoeba · #699975

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