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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deity \De"i*ty\, n.; pl {Deities}. [OE. deite, F. d['e]it['e],
fr L. deitas, fr deus a god; akin to divus divine, Jupiter,
gen. Jovis, Jupiter, dies day Gr di^os divine, Zey`s, gen.
Dio`s, Zeus, Skr. d[=e]va divine, as a noun god, daiva
divine, dy[=o] 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.
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