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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun God.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
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Examples
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“Is the Universe and all that is within it, including human beings, created through purposeful, intelligent design by a Supreme Being, that is a Creator?”
Raymond Finney asks questions, I got answers - The Panda's Thumb 2007
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The Supreme Being is the cause of all this, as Purusha.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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Not that the Supreme Being is the sole universal lawgiver in the sense of a creator of law, whose will alone determines the boundaries of right and wrong.
An Essay on Professional Ethics Second Edition George Sharswood
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God, lays down that the acknowledgment of the Supreme Being is the basis of all the revelation, and gives us to understand that such a conviction then began historically to manifest itself on earth, taking root first in the people of Israel, whom therefore the Deity addresses, saying, "I am the Eternal, _thy_ God," signifying, "by _thee_ alone acknowledged hitherto."
A Guide for the Religious Instruction of Jewish Youth Isaac Samuele Reggio
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Such progress did he make, that on Zeno's death he actually was his successor in his school; and, if my memory does not play me false, he is the author of a hymn to the Supreme Being, which is one of the noblest effusions of the kind in classical poetry.
Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American Various
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Such progress did he make, that on Zenos death he actually was his successor in his school; and, if my memory does not play me false, he is the author of a hymn to the Supreme Being, which is one of the noblest effusions of the kind in classical poetry.
The Idea of a University. III. University Life at Athens 1909
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The Supreme Being is the source of all the virtues and a man cannot be a Republican if he does not believe in God.
Dieux ont soif. English Anatole France 1884
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Supreme Being, which is the glorious triumph of his doctrine and the official consecration of his papacy.
The French Revolution - Volume 3 Hippolyte Taine 1860
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He taught that the Supreme Being is the immaterial, infinite
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To Philo the Jew, as to the Gnostics, the Supreme Being was the
Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Albert Pike 1850
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