Deity
Deity (dē"i*ty) , noun
[Old English deite, French déité, from Latin deitas, from deus a god; akin to divus divine, Jupiter, gen. Jovis, Jupiter, dies day, Greek di^os divine, Zey`s, gen. Dio`s, Zeus, Sanskrit dēva divine, as a noun, god, daiva divine, dyō sky, day, hence, the sky personified as a god, and to the first syllable of English Tuesday, Gael. & Ir. dia God, Welsh duw. Compare 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.
2.
A god or goddess; a heathen god.
To worship calves, the deities
Of Egypt.
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.
Collocations (1)
The Deity , God, the Supreme Being.