| 单词 | the deity |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe Deity 3. (with capital) A supreme being as creator of the universe; the Deity, the Supreme Being, God. (Especially as a term of Natural Theology, and without explicit predication of personality.) ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > [noun] the Most HigheOE highesteOE alwaldendOE drightinOE godOE King of kingsOE heavenOE lordOE sky?1518 gossea1556 beingc1600 deity1647 Master of the Universe1765 Morimo1824 Molimo1861 Gawd1877 big guy1925 Modimo1958 1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. 15 They worship an invisible and an infinite Diety. 1694 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding (new ed.) i. iv. 30 A rational Creature, who will but seriously reflect on them, cannot miss the discovery of a Deity. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth I. 6 We see the greatness and wisdom of the Deity in all the seeming worlds that surround us. 1786 H. More Let. in Mem. Ld. Gambier (1861) I. x. 157 Polite ears are disgusted to hear their Maker called ‘the Lord’ in common talk, while serious ones think the fashionable appellation of ‘the Deity’ sounds extremely Pagan. 1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art I. 527 Newton..had recourse, for one of the forces, to the immediate action of the Deity. 1860 E. B. Pusey Minor Prophets 193 Men spoke of ‘the Deity’, as a sort of first cause of all things, and..had lost sight of the Personal God. < as lemmas |
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