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Webster 1913 Edition

Deity

De′i-ty

(dē′ĭ-ty̆)
,
Noun.
;
pl.
Deities
(dē′ĭ-tĭz)
.
[OE.
deite
, F.
déité
, fr. L.
deitas
, fr.
deus
a god; akin to
divus
divine,
Jupiter
, gen.
Jovis
, Jupiter,
dies
day, Gr.
δῖοσ
divine,
Ζεύς
, gen.
Διός
, Zeus, Skr.
dēva
divine, as a noun, god,
daiva
divine,
dyō
sky, day, hence, the sky personified as a god, and to the first syllable of E.
Tues
day, Gael. & Ir.
dia
God, W.
duw
. Cf.
Divine
,
Journey
,
Journal
,
Tuesday
.]
1.
The collection of attributes which make up the nature of a god; divinity; godhead;
as, the
deity
of the Supreme Being is seen in his works
.
They declared with emphasis the perfect
deity
and the perfect manhood of Christ.
Milman.
2.
A god or goddess; a heathen god.
To worship calves, the
deities

Of Egypt.
Milton.
The Deity
,
God, the Supreme Being.
This great poet and philosopher [Simonides], the more he contemplated the nature of
the Deity
, found that he waded but the more out of his depth.
Addison.

Webster 1828 Edition

Deity

DEITY

, n.
1.
Godhead; divinity; the nature and essence of the Supreme Being; as, the deity of the Supreme Being is manifest in his works.
2.
God; the Supreme Being, or infinite self-existing Spirit.
3.
A fabulous god or goddess; a superior being supposed, by heathen nations, to exist, and to preside over particular departments of nature; as Jupiter, Juno, Apollo, Diana, &c.
4.
The supposed divinity or divine qualities of a pagan god.

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