English > deity: 1 sense > noun 1, person | Meaning | Any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force. |
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| Synonyms | divinity, god, immortal |
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| Instances | Arhat, Arhant, lohan | A Buddhist who has attained nirvana |
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| Bodhisattva, Boddhisatva | Buddhist worthy of nirvana who postpones it to help others |
| Demogorgon | (Greek mythology) a mysterious and terrifying deity of the underworld |
| Hypnos | (Greek mythology) the Greek god of sleep |
| Morpheus | The Roman god of sleep and dreams |
| Quetzalcoatl | An Aztec deity represented as a plumed serpent |
| Member of | pantheon | All the gods of a religion |
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| Narrower | Anglo-Saxon deity | (Anglo-Saxon mythology) a deity worshipped by the Anglo-Saxons |
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| Celtic deity | A deity worshipped by the Celts |
| Chinese deity | A deity worshipped by the ancient Chinese |
| Egyptian deity | A deity worshipped by the ancient Egyptians |
| Greco-Roman deity, Graeco-Roman deity | A deity of classical mythology |
| Greek deity | A deity worshipped by the ancient Greeks |
| Hindu deity | A deity worshipped by the Hindus |
| Japanese deity | A deity worshipped by the Japanese |
| Norse deity | A deity worshipped by the ancient Norsemen |
| Persian deity | A deity worshiped by the ancient Persians |
| Phrygian deity | deity of the ancient Phrygians of west central Asia Minor |
| Roman deity | A deity worshipped by the ancient Romans |
| Semitic deity | A deity worshipped by the ancient Semites |
| Teutonic deity | (German mythology) a deity worshipped by the ancient Teutons |
| daemon, demigod | A person who is part mortal and part god |
| demiurge | A subordinate deity, in some philosophies the creator of the universe |
| earth-god, earth god | A god of fertility and vegetation |
| goddess | A female deity |
| saint | A person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization |
| sea god | A deity that personifies the sea and is usually believed to live in or to control the sea |
| sun god | A god that personifies the sun or is otherwise associated with the sun |
| war god, god of war | A god worshipped as giving victory in war |
| zombi, zombie, snake god | A god of voodoo cults / cults of African origin worshipped especially in West Indies |
| Broader | spiritual being, supernatural being | An incorporeal being believed to have powers to affect the course of human events |
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| Spanish | deidad, diosa, dios, divinidad, inmortal |
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| Catalan | deïtat, déu, divinitat |
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| Verbs | deify | consider as a god or godlike |
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