Deity

de'T-tY, n. The collection of attributes which make up the nature of a god; divinity godhead a god or godde . — The deity. God, the Supreme Being. [OF. deite, L. deitas, fr. deus, AS. Tiw (whence Tuesday), Ic. tivi, OHG. Ziu (whence Ziwes tac, Q. LHenstag, E. Tuesday), W. duw, Ga. and Ir. dia, Skr. deva, god, Gr. Zeus, Jupiter, fr. Skr. div, to shine L. dies, day; not Gr. theos, a god.] — De'ist, n. One who believes in the existence of a God, but denies revealed religion; one who profe es no form of religion, but follows nature and reason; a freethinker. — Deist'ic, -ical, a. Pert, to deism or to deists. — Deist'ically, adv. — Deism, -izm, n. Doctrine or creed of, etc. — Deify. v [-fied (-lid), -fying.] To make a god of, apotheosize to treat with supreme regard, render god-like. [OF. deifier; h.facere, to make.] — Delfi'er, n.— Deiflc, -ical, a. Making divine. — De'ifica'tion, n. Act of, etc.— Delform, a. Like a god; of godlike form. [L. form a, form.] — Deicide, -sid, ». Act of killing a divine being, esp. of putting Christ to death one concerned in, etc. [L. csedere, to cut, kill.] — Deiparous, -ip'a-rus, a. Bringing forth a god, — said of the Virgin Mary. [L. parere, to bring forth.]