Synonyms for deific


Grammar : Adj
Spell : dee-if-ik
Phonetic Transcription : diˈɪf ɪk


Définition of deific

Origin :
  • late 15c., from French déifique (late 14c.), from Late Latin deificus "god-making, sacred," in Medieval Latin "divine," from deus "god" (see Zeus) + -ficus "making" (see factitious).
  • adj divine
Example sentences :
  • He invoked the inspiration of the Goddess of Song, and waited for, no doubt believed in, some "deific impulse" descending on him.
  • Extract from : « Christianity and Greek Philosophy » by Benjamin Franklin Cocker
  • Conscious life, or the capacity to become conscious of anything, is a Deific attribute.
  • Extract from : « Solaris Farm » by Milan C. Edson
  • To make it appear that there was a Deific power and agency concerned in their conception.
  • Extract from : « The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors » by Kersey Graves
  • He leads the way to "deific peaks" and "conquered skies," the Virgil of a younger Dante.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Francis Thompson » by Everard Meynell
  • For deep feeling has a potency of its own, and all that careless group felt as if some deific cloud had passed by.
  • Extract from : « Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 84, October, 1864 » by Various
  • But we will close with the testimony of a French philosopher (Bagin) on the subject of deific incarnations.
  • Extract from : « The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors » by Kersey Graves
  • The Persians have alway's opposed the making and worship of deific images; and they worship but one God, with the above names.
  • Extract from : « The Bible Of Bibles; » by Kersey Graves

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