godheads

Noun

godhead (countable and uncountable, plural godheads)

1. Divinity or godhood, divine essence or nature.
   • For the inuisible things of him from the Creation of the world, are clearely seene, being vnderstood by the things that are made, euen his eternall Power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse:1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Romans 1:20
2. (capitalized, usually) God.
   • For in him dwelleth all the fulneſſe of the Godhead bodily.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Colossians 2:9
3. (rare) Any deity or idol.
   • Adoring firſt the Genius of the Place, / Then Earth, the Mother of the Heav'nly Race, / The Nymphs, and native Godheads yet unknown, / And Night, and all the Stars that gild her ſable Throne,1697, Virgil, “The Seventh Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 405, lines...
4. (broadly) An admired or influential person or entity.
   • He pauses, as if hesitant to mention the godhead of computer design aloud, and adds, "Maybe even something Apple would be interested in."2007 June, Gregory Mone, “Invention: A New Breed of Mouse”, in Popular Science, volume 270, number 6, archived from the original on 17 Dec 2011, page 56

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