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# deity

«deity» in Mova's school dictionary: **a god or goddess** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a deity, deities)

### meaning for a pupil

A deity is a god or goddess. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deity/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In religion and history lessons (Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Hindu deities), myths and stories.

### examples

- Zeus was the chief deity of the Greeks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deity/#x1)
- The Egyptians had many deities. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deity/#x2)
- Ganesh is a Hindu deity with an elephant head. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deity/#x3)
- The temple was built for a sea deity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deity/#x4)
- Christians believe there is one God, not many deities. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deity/#x5)
- Thor was a Norse deity of thunder. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deity/#x6)
- The incensed deities now combined to punish the offender. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deity/#x7)

### note

Pronounced DAY-i-ty or DEE-i-ty. Plural: deities. Respect: say «Hindus worship…» not «fake gods».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «deity» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deity/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.