De"i*ty (dē"&ibreve;*t&ybreve;), n.;
pl. Deities (- t&ibreve;z). [OE. deite, F. déité, 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. dēva divine, as a noun, god, daiva divine, dyō 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.
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