deity

plural deities · alternative deitie

1. countableuncountableSynonym of divinity: the state, position, or fact of being a god.First known use 14th c.

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

   1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 4

   Synonyms: divinity

2. countableuncountableA supernatural divine being; a god or goddess.First known use 14th c.

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

   1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 209

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   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.

   1941, George Ryley Scott, Phallic Worship: A History of Sex and Sex Rites in Relation to the Religions of All Races from Antiquity to the Present Day, London: T. Werner Laurie, page 15

   The crux of monotheism is not only belief in a single deity but belief in a deity who is different from everything else.

   2000, Kenneth Seeskin, Searching for a Distant God: The Legacy of Maimonides, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 23

   Synonyms: god