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10 Language-to-English DictionariesDeity
/ˈdeɪ.ɪ.ti/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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A god or goddess.
"Ancient civilizations worshipped various deities of the sun, rain, and harvest."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Middle English: from Old French deite, from late Latin deitas, from Latin deus 'god'.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Deity" is said worldwide
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divinité
Transliteration: divinité
"Les Grecs anciens croyaient en de nombreuses divinités."
Gottheit
Transliteration: Gottheit
"In der Mythologie gibt es viele verschiedene Gottheiten."
divinità
Transliteration: divinità
"Il tempio fu costruito per onorare la divinità del mare."
deidad
Transliteration: deidad
"Ofrendas fueron hechas a la deidad para asegurar una buena cosecha."
divindade
Transliteration: divindade
"Eles rezavam para a divindade da chuva."
देवता
Transliteration: devta
"मंदिर में देवता की मूर्ति स्थापित की गई है।"
神明
Transliteration: shénmíng
"古代人们向神明祈求风调雨顺。"
신
Transliteration: sin
"그리스 로마 신화에는 많은 신들이 등장합니다."
神
Transliteration: kami
"古代の人は自然現象を様々な神として崇拝した。"
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