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godded

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A form of god.

  1. 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

  2. noun

    a man of such superior qualities that he seems like a deity to other people

    he was a god among men

  3. noun

    a material effigy that is worshipped

    thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image

Word history

History of god

Inherited from Middle English god, from Old English god, originally neuter, then changed to masculine to reflect the change in religion to Christianity, from Proto West Germanic *god n, from Proto Germanic *gudą; see there for further origin. Not related to the word good or Persian خدا (xodâ, “god”).

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