# deity

Pronunciation: US say "DEE-uh-tee" /ˈdi.ə.ti/; UK/AUS say "DEE-i-tee" /ˈdiː.ɪ.ti/

## Noun

1. A divine being with supernatural powers, whether a god or a goddess.
   - Simple: A god or goddess, a holy being with powers beyond the natural world.
   - _Farmers left offerings of grain for the deity they believed controlled the rains._
   - _The museum's collection includes small bronze figures of Egyptian deities._
2. The state, status, or fact of being a god.
   - Simple: The fact of being a god, or the position a god holds.
   - _Early church councils debated the deity of Christ and his relation to the Father._
   - _The pharaoh's claim to deity set him apart from everyone else in the kingdom._

## Origin

From Middle French deité, from Latin deitās.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/deity (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).