Associations to the word «Deity»

Wiktionary

DEITY, noun. The state of being a god; divine characteristics, godhead. [from 14th c.]
DEITY, noun. A divine being; a god or goddess. [from 14th c.]

Dictionary definition

DEITY, noun. Any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats