Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The quality or state of being a god; divinity.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Divine character or quality; godlike nature; godship.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Divine nature or essence; deity; godhead.
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- noun The state of being a
god ;divinity
Etymologies
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Examples
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In Clarke's Childhood's End, for example, the promised escape into godhood is only adumbrated, as the Union with Overmind served by the Overlords might be interpreted to be psychic rather than supernatural, and evolution rather than Gnosis is the mechanism.
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The notion of forthcoming godhood is a religious and spiritual notion.
Movie Review: Akira 2007
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The notion of forthcoming godhood is a religious and spiritual notion.
Archive 2007-09-01 2007
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Some groups, views, such as the Mormons, JWs and unitarians (small u.), hold different views about what the "godhood" of Jesus is exactly, and therefore what "fully God" would mean.
Blind Faith? 2009
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I got "godhood" too and I can't spell English worth a damn.
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'When, after two years, he was finished, Zasso believed that he had transformed me, that the soul of the spider had sunk into me as his inks had, that he had conferred on me a kind of godhood, or' - she shuddered -
The White Ninja Lustbader, Eric 1990
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They later added the name of a preacher called Jesus, elevated him to a status of "godhood", made him into God himself and passed on (or rather stole) this "authority" to the Popes.
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They later added the name of a preacher called Jesus, elevated him to a status of "godhood", made him into God himself and passed on (or rather stole) this "authority" to the Popes.
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He is viewed as divine, and progressing toward a kind of godhood, or "Christ-Consciousness".
Recent Activity Nworisara 2010
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They later added the name of a preacher called Jesus, elevated him to a status of "godhood", made him into God himself and passed on (or rather stole) this "authority" to the Popes.
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