Deities
['diəti]
Definition
(pl. ) of Deity
Typist: Rex
Examples
- What, if the more potent of these fraternal deities should obtain dominion over it? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Of all the deities worshipped in the temple, the moon-god alone escaped the rapacity of the conquering Mohammedans. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- As little can I believe the narrative of his insolence to Apollo, where he says, 'Thou hast wronged me, O far-darter, most abominable of deities. Plato. The Republic.
- In a dim light, and with a slight rearrangement of her hair, her general figure might have stood for that of either of the higher female deities. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- O Titaness among deities! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- It was in the time of the heathen deities, who used occasionally to take people at their words, with a promptness, in some cases, extremely awkward. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
Typist: Rex