Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A minor god.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A little or inferior deity.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A diminutive god.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun minor divinity, a local or inferior god

Etymologies

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From god +‎ -ling.

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