DEITY
What does "DEITY" mean?
A god or goddess, or the divine nature or status of a supreme being.
Meanings
- A god or goddess worshipped within a religion or mythology. Each city in the old pantheon had its own patron deity.
- The state or quality of being divine; godhood. The emperor's subjects were taught to believe in his deity. formal
Did you know?
- The abstract noun 'deity' traces to 'deitas', a word Augustine of Hippo minted in Late Latin to name divine nature itself - so the English term was, in effect, invented by a single theologian.
Word origin
From Old French 'deité', from Late Latin 'deitas' 'divine nature', coined by Augustine from Latin 'deus' 'god'; the root traces to Proto-Indo-European 'dyeu-' 'sky, shine'.
Remember it
DEITY starts with the Latin 'dei' (of god), the same root in 'deus' and 'divine'.
A little poem
Carved in basalt, the old god waits-
the city gone, the temple bare,
a deity with no one there.
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What it teaches
Every deity outlives the city that named it, and is forgotten the day the last worshipper is.
Quick facts
What does DEITY mean?
A god or goddess, or the divine nature or status of a supreme being.
Is DEITY a valid word?
Yes — DEITY is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is DEITY?
DEITY has 5 letters and 3 syllables.
Where does DEITY come from?
From Old French 'deité', from Late Latin 'deitas' 'divine nature', coined by Augustine from Latin 'deus' 'god'; the root traces to Proto-Indo-European 'dyeu-' 'sky, shine'.
What can DEITY teach us?
Every deity outlives the city that named it, and is forgotten the day the last worshipper is.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.