deity - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

• deitie (obsolete)

From Middle French deité, from Latin deitās.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdiː.ɪ.ti/, /ˈdeɪ.ɪ.ti/, [ˈdeɪ̯-]

  • Audio (UK); /ˈdiː.ɪ.ti/:

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈdi.ə.ti/, [ˈdi.ə.ɾi], /ˈdeɪ.ə.ti/, [ˈdeɪ̯.ə.ɾi]
• Hyphenation: de‧i‧ty

deity (countable and uncountable, plural deities)

1. Synonym of divinity: the state, position, or fact of being a god. [from 14th c.]
2. A supernatural divine being; a god or goddess. [from 14th c.]

   • 2000, Kenneth Seeskin, Searching for a Distant God: The Legacy of Maimonides, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 23:

     The crux of monotheism is not only belief in a single deity but belief in a deity who is different from everything else.

• (a god): See Thesaurus:god

• Tidey, etyid