deity

Definitions


[ˈdiːɪti], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a god or goddess (in a polytheistic religion)
(e.g: a deity of ancient Greece)


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Origin:
Middle English (denoting the divine nature of God): from Old French deite, from ecclesiastical Latin deitas (translating Greek theotēs), from deus ‘god’




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