deicidal

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UK[deɪ(j)ɪˈsaɪdəɫ]

adjective

Of or pertaining to deicide.

Scrabble 12

Meanings

adjectivedeicidal (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf or pertaining to deicide.

    Early Christian doctrine professed that the Jews were a deicidal people, condemned by God to dispersion and suffering.

    2000, Malka Hillel Shulewitz, The forgotten millions: the modern Jewish exodus from Arab lands, page 47
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    "How do you like that, you deicidal maniac? Huh? HUH? Now who's so big and tough?" "Dude, don't taunt the god-killing abomination."

    2006, Rich Burlew, The Order of the Stick: No Cure for the Paladin Blues, page 275

    'Jerusalem overawes me' declared François-René, Vicomte de Chateaubriand, even though this 'deicidal city' was 'a heap of rubbish' with the 'confused monuments of a cemetery in the middle of a desert'.

    2011, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Jerusalem: The Biography – A History of the Middle East, page 382

Origin

Translations

French déicide
  • déicideof or pertaining to deicide
Italian deicida
  • deicidaof or pertaining to deicide
Cite this entry
APA

deicidal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deicidal

MLA

“deicidal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deicidal. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deicidal,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deicidal.

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