DEITY
deity, divinity, god, immortal
(noun) any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
deity (countable and uncountable, plural deities)
synonym of divinity: the state, position, or fact of being a god. [from 14th c.]
A supernatural divine being; a god or goddess. [from 14th c.]
Synonyms
• (a god): See god
Hyponyms
• household deity
Anagrams
• Tidey, etyid
Source: Wiktionary
De"i*ty, n.; pl. Deities. Etym: [OE. deite, F. déité, fr. L. deitas,
fr. deus a god; akin to divus divine, Jupiter, gen. Jovis, Jupiter,
dies day, Gr. d divine, as a noun, god, daiva divine, dy sky, day,
hence, the sky personified as a god, and to the first syllable of E.
Tuesday, Gael. & Ir. dia God, W. duw. Cf. Divine, Journey, Journal,
Tuesday.]
1. The collection of attributes which make up the nature of a god;
divinity; godhead; as, the deity of the Supreme Being is seen in his
works.
They declared with emphasis the perfect deity and the perfect manhood
of Christ. Milman.
2. A god or goddess; a heathen god.
To worship calves, the deities
Of Egypt. Milton.
The Deity, God, the Supreme Being.
This great poet and philosopher [Simonides], the more he contemplated
the nature of the Deity, found that he waded but the more out of his
depth. Addison.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition