(n.) The collection of attributes which make up the nature of a god; divinity; godhead; as, the deity of the Supreme Being is seen in his works.
(n.) A god or goddess; a heathen god.
Example Sentences:
(1) Roots Manuva, an artist we admire and whose opinion we trust, has declared that "her works are truly of upliftment and betterment", as though she were a religious deity sent here to heal the sick and solve society's ills.
(2) An intriguing merging between Olympian and local deities had occurred (the Romans being relaxed and pragmatic about that kind of thing, unless the Christians were involved).
(3) They were the virtuous rebels who rose in the name of all kinds of folk gurus and deities, including Mao Zedong, to fight corrupt officials and evil rulers, and restore morality.
(4) It is "a transgression of a law of nature by a particular volition of the deity, or the interposition of some invisible agent."
(5) Men dressed as Hindu deities, with tinsel crowns and tridents, wait for their turn on the stage.
(6) In Stratford there has long been only one resident deity , and experts calculate this to be both the date he arrived on this earth and, 52 years later, departed it.
(7) In this myth Chubb is the prophet of a deity who looks like a young boy and loving boys has spiritual significance.
(8) His Asylum debut, Warren Zevon (1976), bristled with west coast rock deities - including Glenn Frey and Don Henley, of the Eagles, and Lindsay Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, from Fleetwood Mac - though he seemed hell-bent on sabotaging the hedonistic myth of the golden state.
(9) This possibility has now been eliminated.” Updated at 1.57pm GMT 1.38pm GMT The god of zero Jenny Rohn, a cell biologist at University College London and Guardian science blogger , recalls a childhood encounter with a terrifying Mayan deity.
(10) "They would be a deity if they managed to get things right the whole time.
(11) Gallup found that 42% of Americans believe a deity created humans in their current form.
(12) Chapters in the classical texts of Ayurveda describe varieties of severe mental disorder (unmada) arising from a particular humoral imbalance (dosa) or arising in association with specific demons and deities (bhuta) that produce distinct character changes and symptom patterns.
(13) Realising that he had momentarily departed from the new road less travelled, Gove recovered his serenity by giving thanks both to the Great Deity of Parliamentary Escapes and the sublime wisdom of Jon Anderson.
(14) While that remains possibly the most momentous stunt ever pulled by a studio and elevated Hiddleston to the status of semi-deity, Marvel maintained the highest standards with Saturday’s show.
(15) Their show features the vivid stag and buffalo dances, by which the monks invoke the guardian deities of the Tashi Lhunpo monastery; also the dance of the lord of death which evokes Buddhist philosophy.
(16) The omnipresence of the minarets and the muezzin's call – particularly around 5am – are a vivid reminder for the non-devout of the dominant deity's importance.
(17) An acquaintance of mine, meanwhile, tried – briefly and without success – to resurrect an interest in the unfashionable Phoenician deity Baal.
(18) He features in many of Perry’s works, from his first tapestry Vote Alan Measles for God (2008), in which the red, roaring teddy brandishes a suicide-belt atop the Twin Towers, to an intricate other-worldly shrine in which Alan Measles sits likes a Hindu deity.
(19) Debt, the deity of the nineties and much of the noughties, is now anathema to the man in the street.
(20) More than a means of transport, Air Force One is a propaganda tool, and its effectiveness depends on the implied presence of a deity.
Godliness
Definition:
(n.) Careful observance of, or conformity to, the laws of God; the state or quality of being godly; piety.
Example Sentences:
(1) "But it's just Heartbeat with an umbilical hernia," bleat the unbelievers, pinching their delicate nosey-woses at the sight of steaming prolapses and swatting away the cuddles and godliness with their Game Of Thrones box sets.
(2) Don’t sterilise everything that comes into contact with your child’s mouth, within reason.” In fact, the one piece of advice Arrieta offers mothers is to forget the adage “Cleanliness is next to godliness.” “One thing I don’t do any more – and wish others would stop – is carrying a hand sanitiser gel.
(3) Take political language: the Victorians distinguished between the “deserving” and “undeserving” poor along religious lines; these days politicians differentiate in terms of productivity: “jobseekers”, “the hardworking poor”, “hardworking families” – busyness has replaced godliness, but the new language is just as unhelpful as the old.
(4) I don’t want to be put on a pedestal, as if through some strange birthing osmosis I have been elated to godliness when I’m actually being shackled in a box.
(5) Alison is a person of real godliness and wisdom – it is fantastic that she has accepted God’s call to make Christ visible together with all of us in this diocese of York.” White is priest-in-charge of Riding Mill in the diocese of Newcastle.
(6) I don't know my scripture so well, but I think that's an assertion of the godliness of redistribution, rather than a call to comply with Iain Duncan Smith's unpleasantness.
(7) B’Tselem, in Hebrew, means “in His image,” from the line in the Book of Genesis: “And God made man in His image.” El-Ad possesses a fierce belief in Israelis’ ability – and duty – to live up to their human godliness by being just and manifesting an expansive empathy.
(8) Written on a plastic bottle of liquid soap in one of our bathrooms (JML) is the phrase 'Absolute cleanliness is next to Godliness!'.