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Grammar : Noun
Spell : dee-i-tee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdi ɪ ti

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Définition of deities

Origin :
  • c.1300, "divine nature;" late 14c., "a god," from Old French deité, from Late Latin deitatem (nominative deitas) "divine nature," coined by Augustine from Latin deus "god," from PIE *deiwos (see Zeus).
  • noun god, worshiped being
Example sentences :
  • Kah-oots was supposed to be one of the deities of Seshaht mythology.
  • Extract from : « Indian Legends of Vancouver Island » by Alfred Carmichael
  • Of the same order of deities are Vata or Vayu, the wind, and Parjanya, the rain-storm.
  • Extract from : « History of Religion » by Allan Menzies
  • He was fundamentally an Egyptian god, and the most popular of the deities of the Nile.
  • Extract from : « The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism » by Franz Cumont
  • They had no deities, no priesthood, no regular forms of worship.
  • Extract from : « Impressions of South Africa » by James Bryce
  • History has preserved the names of some of these Teutonic deities.
  • Extract from : « The Superstitions of Witchcraft » by Howard Williams
  • Tasso, at a later period, introduces the deities of heathendom.
  • Extract from : « The Superstitions of Witchcraft » by Howard Williams
  • Rude carved monoliths of deities have, however, been recovered from the débris.
  • Extract from : « Mexico » by Charles Reginald Enock
  • Father Coto refers to some of their deities of the woods and streams.
  • Extract from : « The Annals of the Cakchiquels » by Daniel G. Brinton
  • Both these deities were unknown to the Greeks, and only honored by the Romans.
  • Extract from : « Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology » by Charles K. Dillaway
  • He belongs to the deities that form a kind of court around Marduk.
  • Extract from : « The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria » by Morris Jastrow

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