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deity

noun as in god, worshiped being

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Beyoncé has, for close to a decade now, been a deity in entertainment: untouchable, successful, divine.

For his tireless assault on evolutionary biology and downsizing the deity to fit within science, I give Meyer second place.

Logistics wins the day, and the Supreme Deity is, at this juncture, nowhere to be seen.

In the background, outside, is Papa Legba, who is a Loa, the word for a Voodoo deity.

Meanwhile our movie theaters have become temples for superheroes—in the absence of God, Hollywood has offered us a new deity.

In short, he is the creature of this 'Joss'—this home-made deity—to which he bows down and worships.

This is their great mistake, and arises from a misconception of the character and ways of Deity.

It was the case in Peru, where the Inca was the direct representative on earth of the solar deity.

In fact, the highest of these claims, that of the existence of a deity, must lie forever beyond its reach.

Origen, Ambrose, and Augustine unite in prohibiting the representation of the Deity by any material object.

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On this page you'll find 22 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to deity, such as: divinity, idol, immortal, creator, goddess, and godhead.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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