(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.
Naos
Definition:
(n.) A term used by modern archaeologists instead of cella. See Cella.
Example Sentences:
(1) It is concluded that the Nao+-Mgi2+ exchange system has an absolute requirement for ATP and that it is more probable that ATP is supplying energy for transport rather than activating transport by protein phosphorylation or simply by binding.
(2) Will Iain Duncan Smith confirm the facts in today's NAO report.
(3) Ko+ less than Nao+ less than Lio+ less than Mgo2+ reduce furosemide-resistant Rb+ inward leakage relative to cholineo+.
(4) On Tuesday the National Audit Office (NAO) published a report on financial management at the BBC saying the corporation should do more to streamline internal financial reporting, and monitor more closely whether its spending decisions were aligned with its strategic and editorial objectives.
(5) "The BBC's internal financial reporting and planning processes are slow and resource intensive," the NAO said.
(6) We want to build 1m more English homes by 2020, says government Read more “If it is to oversee the new programme effectively, then this must specifically include tracking sale proceeds and progress with the actual construction of new homes, and oversee the programme in a way that gives parliament and the taxpayer much greater assurance over the value for money achieved from all disposals.” A statement from the DCLG did not address the main criticisms contained within the PAC report, and repeated figures that had been disputed by the NAO.
(7) Under constant voltage clamp (-80 mV) inward currents were measured after the addition of Nao+ to 0-Na+ 0-Ca2+ saline and outward currents were measured after the addition of Cao2+ to 0-Na+ 0-Ca2+ saline.
(8) The public accounts committee, which receives reports from the NAO, has heavily criticised the corporation and the BBC Trust, which have resisted full disclosure .
(9) Housing is a key issue and this does not give me any confidence that the department has a grip on its own figures.” Jeremy Blackburn, head of policy at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, said: “The NAO report has shown what was suspected by many.
(10) Thompson concludes that the evidence given to the NAO and the PAC on 10 July was "inadequate, and in some important instances, very misleading testimony".
(11) The pre-briefing we’re seeing, tinkering with schedules, now going on about pay, it’s very, very threatening to an institution that’s loved, [even one] that needs to reform.” Jeremy Hunt was the last culture minister to try to increase NAO oversight at the BBC, in 2010.
(12) The NAO says the new patient records have been implemented in a tiny minority of trusts while other IT systems, such as the digitisation of x-ray images, have been achieved.
(13) However, the timing was “primarily driven by the desire to sell prior to the 2015 general election”, said the NAO.
(14) The NAO said the decision helped save around £1.5bn in future interest payments and ensured these bondholders contributed to the costs of nationalisation.
(15) Enrichment of erythrocytes with cholesteryl hemisuccinate caused a marked reduction in Li leak but did not change kinetic and thermodynamic properties of Lii-Nao countertransport of either normotensive persons or patients with essential hypertension.
(16) Recovery from a Ca2+ load caused by reversal of the Na+ gradient could be induced by removal of Cao2+ in the continuing absence of Nao+, indicating the importance of a Na(+)-independent [Ca2+]i-lowering system.
(17) The BBC said that the Broadcasting House redevelopment, in addition to its two other major capital projects included in today's NAO report, came at a time of "profound and unprecedented transformation".
(18) Nao inhibited ouabain binding in the absence of Ki or Ko, so Nao and Ko also act at different sites.
(19) The NAO also discovered instances in which departing managers were given large payoffs even after they had found work elsewhere, and examples of staff who were offered consultancy roles at the time of their departure.
(20) TV coverage of Wimbledon in 2008 was £700,000 above the BBC's approved budget of £3.5m, although the NAO emphasised that four out of the other five came in at or below budget.