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- noun A
deity who exists for a specificpurpose , and at a specifictime at a specialplace . It has no existence except for such purpose, time, and place.(1)
Etymologies
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The concept comes from Hermann Usener in Gotternamen, in Bonn, 1896 in German, later translated into English.(1)
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