- a god or goddess
- the state of being divine; godhead
- the rank, status, or position of a god
- the nature or character of God
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de•i•ty /ˈdiɪti/USA pronunciation
n., pl. -ties.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Religion[countable] a god or goddess.
- Religion the Deity, [ proper noun;
the + ~] God.
de•i•ty
(dē′i tē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ties.
- Religiona god or goddess.
- Religiondivine character or nature, esp. that of the Supreme Being;
divinity. - the estate or rank of a god:The king attained deity after his death.
- a person or thing revered as a god or goddess:a society in which money is the only deity.
- Religion the Deity, God;
Supreme Being.
- Late Latin deitāt- (stem of deitās), equivalent. to Latin dei- (combining form of deus god) + -tāt- -ty, formed after Latin dīvīnitās divinity
- Old French
- Middle English deite 1250–1300
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deity /ˈdeɪtɪ; ˈdiːɪ-/ n ( pl -ties)
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Deity /ˈdeɪtɪ; ˈdiːɪ-/ n
- the Deity ⇒ the Supreme Being; God
'deity' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
abraxas
- Amen
- Amen-Ra
- anthropomorphism
- Anubis
- aureole
- avatar
- Baal
- burnt offering
- cella
- cult
- dedicate
- demigod
- demon
- divine
- divinity
- faun
- Faunus
- flamen
- genial
- god
- head
- henotheism
- holy
- incense
- invocation
- invoke
- joss
- Krishna
- libation
- Moloch
- nimbus
- numen
- oath
- offering
- omnipresent
- Ormazd
- paean
- petition
- praise
- prayer
- sacred
- sacrifice
- scarab
- sun god
- swear
- temple
- termagant
- Ahura Mazda
- amphictyony