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deity

noun
🔊/ˈdeɪəti/, 🔊/ˈdiːəti/
🔊/ˈdeɪəti/, 🔊/ˈdiːəti/
(plural deities)
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  1. [countable] a god or goddess神；女神
    • Greek/Roman/Hindu deities希腊／罗马／印度教诸神
    Extra Examples
    • a tribe that worshipped two main deities崇拜两个主神的部落
    • Many animals were seen as the manifestation of a deity.许多动物被看作神的化身。
    • a shrine to the patron deity of the city供奉这座城市的守护神的圣坛
    • one of the minor Greek deities希腊次要神祗中的一位
    Topics Religion and festivalsc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • powerful
    • supreme
    • lesser
    • …
    verb + deity
    • honour/​honor
    • worship
    • invoke
    • …
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  2. the Deity
     [singular] (formal) God上帝；天主Topics Religion and festivalsc2
    3. Word OriginMiddle English (denoting the divine nature of God): from Old French deite, from ecclesiastical Latin deitas (translating Greek theotēs), from deus ‘god’.