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noun

God n.

A being conceived of as possessing supernatural power, and to be propitiated by sacrifice, worship, etc.; a divinity; a deity; an object of worship; an idol. "He maketh a god, and worshipeth it." "The race of Israel... bowing lowly down To bestial gods."

The Supreme Being; the eternal and infinite Spirit, the Creator, and the Sovereign of the universe; Jehovah. "God is a Spirit; and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth."

A person or thing deified and honored as the chief good; an object of supreme regard. "Whose god is their belly."

Figuratively applied to one who wields great or despotic power. (R.)

Act of God. (Law) See under Act.

Gallery gods, the occupants of the highest and cheapest gallery of a theater. (Colloq.)

God's acre, God's field, a burial place; a churchyard. See under Acre.

God's house.

(a)

An almshouse. (Obs.)

(b)

A church.

God's penny, earnest penny. (Obs.)

God's Sunday, Easter.

verb

God v. t. To treat as a god; to idolize. (Obs.)

adjective

God adj., n. Good. (Obs.)

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Etymology of 'God'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"God" Quotes from Famous Books

... crowns or the subjection of your Parliament. The only security of your liberty is the connection with Great Britain; and gentlemen who risk breaking the connection must make up their minds to a union. God forbid I should ever see that day; but, if the day comes on which a separation shall be attempted, I shall not hesitate to embrace a union rather than ...

— The Constitutional History of England From 1760 to 1860 • Charles Duke Yonge

... emigrate to America, and I agreed to pay his passage. Early in the negotiations, finding that she was somewhat vague as to her boy's prospects, I asked her whether he wanted to go to North or South America. This detail she seemed to consider immaterial. "Ach, glory be to God, I lave that to yer honner. Why wouldn't I?" Had I shipped him to Peru she would have been quite satisfied. ...

— Ireland In The New Century • Horace Plunkett

... in the market comes along. At once rumours are spread about the weakness of the trust companies; runs start on both of them. The System,—you know them—make a great show of supporting the market. Yet the runs continue. God knows whether they will spread or the trust companies stand up under it to-morrow after what happened to-day. It was a good thing the market ...

— The Silent Bullet • Arthur B. Reeve

... to require more than a passing mention. Miss Klumpke is now established in Paris, and writes me that, in addition to her painting, she is writing of Rosa Bonheur. She says: "This biography consists of reminiscences of Rosa Bonheur's life, her impressions of Nature, God, and Art, with perhaps a short sketch of how I became acquainted with the illustrious woman whose precious maternal tenderness will remain forever the most glorious event of ...

— Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. • Clara Erskine Clement

... still further, in this first part of our text there is also set forth very distinctly the number and the variety of the gifts of God. 'The streams whereof,' literally, 'the divisions whereof,'—that is to say, going back to Eastern ideas, the broad river is broken up into canals that are led off into every man's little bit of garden ground; coming down to modern ideas, ...

— Expositions Of Holy Scripture - Volume I: St. Luke, Chaps. I to XII • Alexander Maclaren

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