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What does "god" mean?

God: A being conceived of as possessing supernatural power, and to be propitiated by sacrifice, worship, etc.; a divinity; a deity; an object of worship; an idol. He maketh a god, and worshipeth it. Is. xliv.

Additional senses

  1. 2.The race of Israel . . . bowing lowly down To bestial gods. Milton.
  2. 3.The Supreme Being; the eternal and infinite Spirit, the Creator, and the Sovereign of the universe; Jehovah. God is a Spirit; and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. John iv.
  3. 4.3. A person or thing deified and honored as the chief good; an object of supreme regard. Whose god is their belly. Phil. iii.
  4. 5.4. Figuratively applied to one who wields great or despotic power. [R.] Shak. Act of God. (Law) See under Act. -- Gallery gods, the occupants of the highest and cheapest gallery of a theater. [Colloq.] -- God's acre, God's field, a burial place; a churchyard. See under Acre. -- God's house. (a) An almshouse. [Obs.] (b) A church. -- God's penny, earnest penny. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl. -- God's Sunday, Easter.
  5. 6.To treat as a god; to idolize. [Obs.] Shak.

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