deity

Noun

deity (countable and uncountable, plural deities)

1. Synonym of divinity: the state, position, or fact of being a god.
   • Thou seest all, yet none at all sees thee: / All that is by the working of thy Deitee.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 4

   Synonyms:

   divinity

2. A supernatural divine being; a god or goddess.
   • The fact that in most lands the moon was originally a female deity has led many historians to dispute the superiority of the moon over the sun in ancient mythology.1941, George Ryley Scott, Phallic Worship: A History of Sex and Sex Rites in Relation to the Religions of All Races from Antiquity to the Present Day, London: T. Werner Laurie, page 15
   • Every act of a Roman, from birth to death, from dawn to night, was controlled and supervised by some presiding deity.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 209

   Synonyms:

   god