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Definition: Deity |
DeityNoun1. 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 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "deity" was first used: sometime around 1300. (references) |
Synonyms: DeitySynonyms: divinity (n), god (n), immortal (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Deity | Noun: Deity, Divinity; Godhead, Godship; Omnipotence, Providence; Heaven. |
Safety | Safe-conduct, escort, convoy; guard, shield; (defense); guardian angel; tutelary god, tutelary deity, tutelary saint; genius loci. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Deity |
| English words defined with "deity": Anglo-Saxon deity ♦ Celtic deity, Chinese deity ♦ Egyptian deity ♦ Graeco-Roman deity, Greco-Roman deity, Greek deity ♦ Hindu deity ♦ Japanese deity ♦ Norse deity ♦ Persian deity, Phrygian deity ♦ Roman deity ♦ Semitic deity ♦ Teutonic deity, The Deity. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "deity": Abdomen ♦ Ælurus ♦ Anammelech, Atergata ♦ Baal, BACCHUS, Belphegor, Borr ♦ Dalai-Lama, Dies Sanguinis, Dog ♦ Flins ♦ Hermensul, Hermoth ♦ IMPIETY ♦ Ja nus ♦ Kiss the Book ♦ Liver-vein, Long Words ♦ Melicertes ♦ Nehallenia, Nine Spheres ♦ OATH, Odd Numbers, Odd's, Old Man of the Moon ♦ Pi-beseth ♦ redemption, Re-demption ♦ Sakta, Setebos, soul, STILTS, Succoth-benoth ♦ UN*X. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "deity": Badderlocks ♦ genius ♦ Omniety ♦ Sterculiaceous ♦ Thearchy. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | It offended no one. No - it simply appears to me to be discourteous to to wear the symbol of a deity long dead. (The Masque of the Red Death; writing credit: Charles Beaumont; R. Wright Campbell) It's against my programming to impersonate a deity. (Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi; writing credit: George Lucas; Lawrence Kasdan) Mr. Scott, there was no deity involved. (Star Trek; writing credit: Walter Black; William Hamilton) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | [Paying homage to the deity who banished measles].Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Calvin Coolidge | Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped. |
Lord Byron | Those who swallow their Deity, really and truly, in transubstantiation, can hardly find anything else otherwise than easy to digest. |
Samuel Langhorne Clemens | The first time the Deity came down to earth, he brought life and death; when he came the second time, he brought hell. |
William Cowper | Man disavows, and Deity disowns me: hell might afford my miseries a shelter; therefore hell keeps her ever-hungry mouths all bolted against me. |
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King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | Humbly complaining to her deity Got my Lord Chamberlain his liberty. |
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Minorities | India | During the year, in the temple town of Badrinath in Chamoli district, Uttar Pradesh, clashes reportedly occurred between Hindus and Jains over whether Jains should proceed with the installation in the building of the idol Shri Adinath, a principal Jain deity. (references) |
Cote d'Ivoire | Traditional indigenous religions commonly involve belief in one supreme deity as well as lesser deities or spirits that are to be praised or appeased, some of whom in some religions may be believed to inhabit or otherwise be associated with particular places, natural objects, or man-made images. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | DOG, n. A kind of additional or subsidiary Deity designed to catch the overflow and surplus of the world's worship. This Divine Being in some of his smaller and silkier incarnations takes, in the affection of Woman, the place to which there is no human male aspirant. The Dog is a survival -- an anachronism. He toils not, neither does he spin, yet Solomon in all his glory never lay upon a door-mat all day long, sun-soaked and fly-fed and fat, while his master worked for the means wherewith to purchase the idle wag of the Solomonic tail, seasoned with a look of tolerant recognition. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Deity" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.34% of the time. "Deity" is used about 303 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.34% | 301 | 16,714 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.33% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (common) | 0.33% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 303 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "deity": celtic deity ♦ chinese deity ♦ egyptian deity ♦ Fain'eant deity ♦ greek deity ♦ hindu deity ♦ japanese deity ♦ norse deity ♦ persian deity ♦ phrygian deity ♦ Roman deity ♦ semitic deity ♦ teutonic deity ♦ the deity. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "deity": half-deity. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
deity | 84 |
deity xvid | 27 |
hindu deity | 25 |
caprine deity | 16 |
celtic deity | 14 |
egyptian deity | 14 |
deity phoenician | 11 |
buddhist deity | 9 |
deity forgotten realm | 7 |
greek deity | 7 |
deity wiccan | 6 |
deity ssvt.org | 6 |
deity indian | 6 |
chinese deity | 5 |
deity fierce | 5 |
deity koran | 5 |
deity woodlands | 5 |
d d deity | 5 |
deity jambalaya | 4 |
tibetan deity | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "deity"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | prej hyjnisë, perëndi (divinity, God, heaven, powers), hyjni (divinity, God, godhead). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | وهية, المعبود (idol), إله أو آلاهة. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | божество (divinity, godhead, power), божественост (divinity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 神 (Deities, Divine, GOD, godly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | božstvo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | خدا (Divinity, God, Godhead, Heaven, Holy, Numen). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | jumalolento, jumalaisolento (divinity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | dieu, déité. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | gottheit (divinity, godhead, godhood, godship). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | θεότητα (godhead, godhood). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | אלו"ות (divinity, godhead). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | istenség (divinity, epiphany, godhead). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | tuhan (god, lord), ketuhanan (divinity, godness), allah. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | divinit (divine, divinity, God, godhead, heavenliness), deit . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 神明 (God). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | し"めい (God, one's life). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | jeeaght (divinity), ben jee (goddess). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eityday divindade (divinity, God, godless). (various references) divinitate (divinity, godhead), zeu (God), zeitate (goddess), zeiţã (goddess). (various references) божество (divinity, godhead). (various references) božanstvo (god, godhead). (various references) deidad (godhead). (various references) gudom (divinity, godhead). (various references) tanrısal konum, tanrılık (divinity, godhead), tanrı (divinity, father, God, heaven, the almighty, the creator, the deity, the divinity, the eternal, the godhead, the I infinite, the providence), ilah (the divinity). (various references) божество (divinity, godhead, numen), божественність (divinity, godhead). (various references) Thượng đế (almighty, everlasting, heaven), tính thần vị thần Chúa trời. (various references) dwyfoldeb (divinity), duwdod (divinity, godhead). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | dingir. (various references) |
| Akkadian | 3000 BCE-Modern | ilu. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | deus. (various references) |
| Avestan | 200-600 | bakhem. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Deity" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: dairty, Daitz, dauty, deathy, deatz, dedit, deditio, deevy, defty, deiety, deiry, deite, Deith, deitic, deitie, denty, depty, desity, deti, detia, detty, dexit, deyt, diaty, dicty, diemy, dietey, dieti, dietie, dietry, diety, dipty, diti, dity, dixty, Doit, doity, dooty, Ndeti. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "deity" (pronounced dē"utē) |
| 4 | -ē" u t ē | homogeneity, spontaneity. |
| 3 | -u t ē | ability, abnormality, absurdity, acceptability, accessibility, accountability, acidity, activity, actuality, acuity, adaptability, admissibility, adversity, advisability, affinity, affordability, aggressivity, agility, alacrity, alkalinity, ambiguity, amenity, amiability, amity, analyticity, animosity, annuity, anonymity, antiquity, anxiety, applicability, atrocity, audacity, austerity, authenticity, authority, availability, banality, barbarity, believability, bestiality, biodiversity, bisexuality, brevity, brutality, calamity, capability, capacity, captivity, causality, cavity, celebrity, centrality, charity, chastity, civility, clarity, collegiality, commodity, commonality, community, comparability, compatibility, complexity, complicity, comprehensibility, conditionality, conductivity, confidentiality, conformity, congeniality, congruity, connectivity, constitutionality, continuity, convertibility, creativity, credibility, credulity, criminality, criticality, crotchety, culpability, curiosity, cyclicality, debility, deductibility, deformity, deniability, density, dependability, depravity, deputy, desirability, dexterity, dignity, dimensionality, disability, discontinuity, disparity, dissimilarity, disunity, diversity, divinity, docility, domesticity, duality, ductility, duplicity, durability, eccentricity, elasticity, electability, electricity, eligibility, enforceability, enmity, enormity, entity, equality, equanimity, equity, eternity, ethnicity, eventuality, exclusivity, expressivity, extraterritoriality, extremity, facility, fallibility, falsity, familiarity, fatality, feasibility, Felicity, femininity, ferocity, fertility, festivity, fidelity, finality, flammability, flexibility, fluidity, formality, fragility, fraternity, frivolity, frugality, functionality, futility, generality, generosity, geniality, gentility, gratuity, gravity, gullibility, heredity, heterogeneity, heterosexuality, hilarity, homosexuality, hospitality, hostility, humanity, humidity, humility, hyperactivity, hypersensitivity, identity, illegality, illiquidity, immaturity, immobility, immorality, immortality, immunity, impartiality, impersonality, impossibility, impropriety, impunity, impurity, inability, inaccessibility, inactivity, incapacity, incivility, incompatibility, incongruity, incredulity, indemnity, indestructibility, indignity, individuality, inequality, inequity, inevitability, infallibility, inferiority, infertility, infidelity, infinity, infirmity, inflexibility, informality, ingenuity, inhumanity, insanity, insecurity, insensitivity, instability, instrumentality, insularity, integrity, intensity, invincibility, invisibility, invulnerability, irrationality, irregularity, irresponsibility, irritability, laity, laxity, legality, legibility, lethality, levity, liability, liberality, liquidity, lividity, locality, longevity, majority, malleability, maneuverability, marketability, masculinity, materiality, maternity, maturity, mediocrity, mendacity, mentality, minority, miscibility, mobility, modality, modernity, monstrosity, morality, morbidity, mortality, motility, multiplicity, municipality, musicality, mutuality, nationality, nativity, necessity, negativity, neutrality, nobility, Nonconformity, nonentity, nonutility, normality, notoriety, nudity, obesity, objectivity, obscenity, obscurity, oddity, opacity, opportunity, originality, overcapacity, oversensitivity, palatability, parity, partiality, particularity, passivity, paternity, paucity, peculiarity, permeability, perpetuity, perplexity, personality, perversity, piety, plausibility, plurality, polarity, polity, pomposity, popularity, portability, possibility, posterity, practicality, predictability, principality, priority, probability, probity, proclivity, productivity, profanity, profitability, progressivity, promiscuity, propensity, proportionality, propriety, prosperity, proximity, publicity, punctuality, purity, quality, quantity, radioactivity, rapidity, rarity, rationality, reactivity, readability, reality, receptivity, reciprocity, reflexivity, regularity, relativity, reliability, religiosity, respectability, responsibility, retroactivity, rickety, rigidity, salinity, sanctity, sanity, scarcity, seasonality, security, selectivity, senility, seniority, sensibility, sensitivity, sensuality, sentimentality, serendipity, serenity, severity, sexuality, similarity, simplicity, sincerity, sobriety, society, solemnity, solidarity, solidity, sorority, speciality, specificity, spirituality, stability, sterility, stupidity, subjectivity, suitability, superconductivity, superfluidity, superiority, supermajority, surety, survivability, susceptibility, sustainability, technicality, temerity, tenacity, theatricality, timidity, tonality, totality, toxicity, tranquility, transferability, Trinity, triviality, turbidity, ubiquity, unanimity, unavailability, unfamiliarity, uniformity, unity, universality, university, unpopularity, unpredictability, unreality, unreliability, uppity, utility, validity, vanity, variability, variety, varsity, velocity, velvety, venality, veracity, Verity, versatility, viability, vicinity, virginity, virility, virtuosity, viscosity, visibility, vitality, volatility, voracity, vulgarity, vulnerability. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-i-t-y" | |
-1 letter: diet, dite, edit, tide, tidy, tied, yeti. | |
-2 letters: dey, die, dit, dye, ted, tie, tye, yet, yid. | |
-3 letters: de, ed, et, id, it, ti, ye. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-i-t-y" | |
+2 letters: bedirty, daytime, density, destiny, dietary, dithery, dubiety, edacity, fetidly, fidgety, lyddite, stymied, tepidly, tideway, tindery, tiredly. | |
+3 letters: cityfied, citywide, copyedit, cytidine, datively, daytimes, debility, detoxify, deviltry, diacetyl, dimethyl, directly, dynamite, elytroid, fidelity, gelidity, giftedly, heredity, holytide, ideality, identify, identity, idoneity, lyddites, mistyped, outyield, sedulity, steadily, stylised, stylized, syndetic, tepidity, theodicy, thyreoid, tideways, trendily, typified, unitedly, yuletide. | |
+4 letters: adipocyte, adversity, anhydrite, arytenoid, asyndetic, bigotedly, copyedits, credulity, cytidines, decertify, declivity, defiantly, deformity, demystify, denitrify, dentistry, depravity, deviatory, devitrify, dexterity, diacetyls, dialysate, dialyzate, diathermy, dietarily, dimethyls, directory, diversity, dosimetry, dynamited, dynamiter, dynamites, dynasties, dyspeptic, ecdysiast, edibility, eruditely, erythroid, euthyroid, evidently, excitedly, fecundity, feudality, hideosity, holytides, hysteroid, immodesty, indemnity, jointedly, limitedly, mediately, mediatory, mendacity, mendicity, misstyled, modernity, mystified, outyields, pointedly, predacity, pterygoid, radiately, retiredly, rhytidome, steadying, stiltedly, stridency, studiedly, syndicate, taxidermy, tediously, thymidine, tippytoed, yuletides. | |
+5 letters: accidently, acidimetry, adaptively, additively, adipocytes, admittedly, adoptively, agitatedly, anhydrites, animatedly, arytenoids, audiometry, bedirtying, bipedality, caryatides, copyedited, creditably, cystitides, daylighted, decrepitly, decrypting, decryption, dedicatory, definitely, delicately, depilatory, depositary, depository, destroying, detailedly, dialysates, dialyzates, dictyosome, digitately, diligently, diphyletic, discreetly, discretely, dishonesty, disquietly, distillery, dyeability, dynamiters, dysenteric, dyskinetic, dyspeptics, ecdysiasts, endemicity, endophytic, ergodicity, eurypterid, hereditary, hypnotized, immodestly, impudently, indecently, indirectly, indolently, infidelity, intendedly, intrepidly, martyrized, mediocrity, mistrysted, myelinated, myelitides, mythicized, obediently, outyielded, ponytailed, pterygoids, pyrethroid, radiometry, reidentify, restudying, rhythmized, rhytidomes, seminudity, skylighted, spiritedly, stridently, syndicated, syndicates, systemized, thymidines, tyrannised, tyrannized, tyrocidine, unsteadily. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 65 69 74 79 |
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. . .. - -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01100101 01101001 01110100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D e i t y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0065 0069 0074 0079 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3871758691 |
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