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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
David’s island wife, fellow Survivor deity Parvati, was there, as were Dickson and M.G., his island son and daughter.
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Laura Bradley, Vulture, 25 Mar. 2025
According to reports, the Ambanis sent each of their guests an engraved box depicting a Hindu deity that was filled with gifts and played Hindu mantras as a wedding invitation.
—Erin Clack, People.com, 15 Mar. 2025
Saturnian moon-naming tradition calls for names based on mythological divinities, and most of these newcomers will likely be named after Viking gods—hopefully the Norse pantheon has enough deities!
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Mar. 2025
In this series adaptation, based on another Gaiman novel, Mr. Nancy is the African deity known as Anansi, the trickster god of stories.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 17 Apr. 2025
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Laura Bradley, Vulture, 25 Mar. 2025
According to reports, the Ambanis sent each of their guests an engraved box depicting a Hindu deity that was filled with gifts and played Hindu mantras as a wedding invitation.
—Erin Clack, People.com, 15 Mar. 2025
Saturnian moon-naming tradition calls for names based on mythological divinities, and most of these newcomers will likely be named after Viking gods—hopefully the Norse pantheon has enough deities!
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Mar. 2025
In this series adaptation, based on another Gaiman novel, Mr. Nancy is the African deity known as Anansi, the trickster god of stories.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 17 Apr. 2025
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Such is the thrust of their latest foray into international programming, a series based on the life of Marie-Antoine Carême, a legendary figure in French culinary history — he is referenced as a gastronomic god in The Taste of Things — who has been transformed into a dashing twink spy.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
8 May 2025
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Elsewhere on the sword is the head of Medusa, the Nemean lion defeated by Hercules, and Mars, the Roman god of war.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 May 2025
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To his surprise, the vampires start singing Christian prayers in perfect synchronization, highlighting that the creatures exist in a space beyond human conceptions of divinity.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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But the divinity of those books was in the spiritual relationship that their readers had with God, said Rabbi Oren Hayon, who is also a part of Congregation Emanu El. To assist his research, Hayon regularly uses a custom chatbot trained on 20 years of his own writings.—
The New York Times News Service Syndicate,
The Denver Post,
8 Mar. 2025
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“Deity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deity. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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