God
God , adjective and noun
Good. [Obsolete] — Chaucer
God (god) , noun
[Anglo-Saxon god; akin to Old Saxon & Dutch god, Old High German got, German gott, Icelandic gue, goe, Swedish & Danish gud, Gothic gup, prob. orig. a p. p. from a root appearing in Sanskrit hū, p. p. hūta, to call upon, invoke, implore. r30. Compare Goodbye, Gospel, Gossip.]
1.
A being conceived of as possessing supernatural power, and to be propitiated by sacrifice, worship, etc.; a divinity; a deity; an object of worship; an idol.
He maketh a god, and worshipeth it.
The race of Israel... bowing lowly down
To bestial gods.
2.
The Supreme Being; the eternal and infinite Spirit, the Creator, and the Sovereign of the universe; Jehovah.
God is a Spirit; and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
3.
A person or thing deified and honored as the chief good; an object of supreme regard.
Whose god is their belly.
4.
Figuratively applied to one who wields great or despotic power. [Rare] — Shakespeare
Collocations (6)
Gallery gods , the occupants of the highest and cheapest gallery of a theater. [Colloquial]
God's acre or God's field , a burial place; a churchyard. See under Acre.
God's house , (a) An almshouse. [Obsolete] (b) A church.
God's penny , earnest penny. [Obsolete] — Beau. & Fl
God's Sunday , Easter.
God , transitive verb
To treat as a god; to idolize. [Obsolete] — Shakespeare