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as in god
a being having superhuman powers and control over a particular part of life or the world
to the ancient Greeks, Zeus was the deity who ruled over the sky and weather, and Poseidon was god of the sea
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as in divinity
the quality or state of being divine
the repudiation of the claim of deity by the Japanese emperor after the end of World War II
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Recent Examples of deity
Ancient Egyptians associated pleasant odors not only with cleanliness and purity, but the bodies of deities themselves.
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 14 Feb. 2025
In the West African spiritual tradition of Vodou, one of its deities, Erzulie Dantor, wears blue clothes.
—Ira Porter, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Jan. 2025
Within these fantasy walls, Evie and her fellow players exist as conquerors and deities that reach stratospheric heights.
—David John Chávez, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2025
Tantric Buddhism understood this, and reminders of mortality abound in its art, in images of skeletons and corpses, and in portraits of deities associated with death.
—Holland Cotter, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 14 Feb. 2025
In the West African spiritual tradition of Vodou, one of its deities, Erzulie Dantor, wears blue clothes.
—Ira Porter, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Jan. 2025
Within these fantasy walls, Evie and her fellow players exist as conquerors and deities that reach stratospheric heights.
—David John Chávez, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2025
Tantric Buddhism understood this, and reminders of mortality abound in its art, in images of skeletons and corpses, and in portraits of deities associated with death.
—Holland Cotter, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
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“Deity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deity. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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