Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Deity"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Deity \De"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Deities}. [OE. deite, F. d['e]it['e],
fr. L. deitas, fr. deus a god; akin to divus divine, Jupiter,
gen. Jovis, Jupiter, dies day, Gr. di^os divine, Zey`s, gen.
Dio`s, Zeus, Skr. d[=e]va divine, as a noun, god, daiva
divine, dy[=o] sky, day, hence, the sky personified as a god,
and to the first syllable of E. Tuesday, Gael. & Ir. dia God,
W. duw. Cf. {Divine}, {Journey}, {Journal}, {Tuesday}.]
1. 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.

They declared with emphasis the perfect deity and
the perfect manhood of Christ. --Milman.

2. A god or goddess; a heathen god.

To worship calves, the deities Of Egypt. --Milton.

{The Deity}, God, the Supreme Being.

This great poet and philosopher [Simonides], the
more he contemplated the nature of the Deity, found
that he waded but the more out of his depth.
--Addison.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

deity
n : any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part
of the world or some aspect of life or who is the
personification of a force [syn: {divinity}, {god}, {immortal}]

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