godhead

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   divine nature, rank, or essence; the state of being a god

   The poem traces the hero's imagined ascent from mortality to godhead.

2. 2
   noun

   God, especially the Christian God or the divine essence of the Trinity

   The theologian argued that the three persons share one Godhead.

3. 3
   noun

   a god or other object of supreme devotion or admiration

   The ruler was treated as a godhead by the most devoted members of the court.

Inherited from Middle English godhede, equivalent to god + the suffix -head, an older variant of -hood meaning 'state or condition.' The word can therefore denote divine status or essence, God as a divine being, or a deity.

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