Synonyms for deity
ˈdi ɪ tide·ity

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1. deity, divinity, god, immortalnoun

   any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force

   Synonyms:
   theology, graven image, divinity, divinity fudge, idol, god, immortal

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. deitynoun

   Synonyms:
   divinity, godhead, the divine Nature

2. deitynoun

   Synonyms:
   (Myth.) god or goddess

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1. List of paraphrases for "deity":

   divinity, jackal, goddess, god

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1. Frank Sinatra:

   When lip service to some mysterious deity permits bestiality on Wednesday and absolution on Sunday, cash me out.

2. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel:

   As high as mind stands above nature, so high does the state stand above physical life. Man must therefore venerate the state as a secular deity. The march of God in the world, that is what the State is.

3. Robert Burns:

   The great Creator to revereMust sure become the creatureBut still the preaching cant forbear,And ev'n the rigid featureYet ne'er with wits profane to rangeBe complaisance extendedAn atheist laugh's a poor exchangeFor deity offended.

4. Calvin Coolidge:

   Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.

5. Samuel Adams:

   The Legislative has no Right to absolute arbitrary Power over the Lives and Fortunes of the People: Nor can Mortals assume a Prerogative not only too high for Men but for Angels, and therefore reserv’d for the Exercise of the Deity alone.