godship
godship noun: synonym of divinity: the state, position, or fact of being a god.
Noun
godship (usually uncountable, plural godships)
- Synonym of divinity: the state, position, or fact of being a god.
- Because there was a Godship, a higher degree than hers, she was not content.1592, Lancelot Andrewes, Wonderfull Combate, vi, f. 78v
- Emerson's vision of man coming into his godship through the conquest of nature reads suspiciously like an apology for westward expansion.2003 August 4, New Yorker, page 79
- Synonyms:
- divinity
- A term of address to a deity.
- Yf it please your gracyous godshyp.1533, Thomas Heywood, The Play of the Wether, sig. Bii
- The gods, addressed without ceremony in Juvenal as vos... become ‘Your Godships’.1994, Dustin Griffin, Satire, page 86
Synonyms of godship
Forms of godship
| plural | godships |
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Origin of godship
From god + -ship.
Questions about godship
- What does godship mean?
- Godship means synonym of divinity: the state, position, or fact of being a god.
- What part of speech is godship?
- Godship is a noun.
- What is the plural of godship?
- The plural of godship is godships.
Words near godship in the dictionary
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