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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Examples
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We were very desirous of testing the strength of our godling; we persistently proved to one another that our godling was a strong godling, and that Tanya would come out the victor in this combat.
Twenty-six and One and Other Stories Maksim Gorky 1902
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But if we truly are here despite him, he is a poor, weak godling who cannot help you.
Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer Lucy Weston 2011
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Which means they * are* doing something right -- they're pushing capability forward w/Win7, and providing backward compatibility at the same time. godling
Windows 7 RC Includes “Windows XP Mode” | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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Another little girl, a daughter of gods, fell madly in love with humans, so much so that she decided to eschew her godling status and live on Earth among them only to find that they wanted nothing to do with her.
Kelley Harrell: Celebrity Gods And That Blinding Warlock Sheen Kelley Harrell 2011
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THOR: Nay, milady, thou must have me confused with some other godling.
Robert Brenner: A Thor Subject Robert Brenner 2011
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Another little girl, a daughter of gods, fell madly in love with humans, so much so that she decided to eschew her godling status and live on Earth among them only to find that they wanted nothing to do with her.
Kelley Harrell: Celebrity Gods And That Blinding Warlock Sheen Kelley Harrell 2011
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But if we truly are here despite him, he is a poor, weak godling who cannot help you.
Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer Lucy Weston 2011
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THOR: Nay, milady, thou must have me confused with some other godling.
Robert Brenner: A Thor Subject Robert Brenner 2011
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At times, though, you think, 'I don't care about minor godling A, mage B, boy thief C, or possessed thing D, get me back to Whiskeyjack and the Bridgeburners, please.
Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: Gardens Of the Moon - Steven Erikson Blue Tyson 2008
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She convinced her brother Nahadoth to assist her, and together with some of their godling children they attempted a coup.
“The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms” by N.K. Jemisin (Reviewed by Robert Thompson) Robert 2010
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