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higher being

higher being noun: a nonhuman lifeform believed to have power over human life, such as the Christian God.

Noun

higher being (plural higher beings)

  1. A nonhuman lifeform believed to have power over human life, such as the Christian God.
    • Klencory is famously claimed by the eccentric volus billionaire Kumun Shol. He claims that a vision of a higher being told him to seek on Klencory the "lost crypts of beings of light". These entities were supposedly created at the dawn of time to protect organic life from synthetic "machine devils."2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Klencory

Synonyms of higher being

Forms of higher being

pluralhigher beings

Questions about higher being

What does higher being mean?
Higher being means a nonhuman lifeform believed to have power over human life, such as the Christian God.
What part of speech is higher being?
Higher being is a noun.
What is the plural of higher being?
The plural of higher being is higher beings.

Words near higher being in the dictionary

  1. highend
  2. highens
  3. higher
  4. higher and mightier
  5. higher arithmetic
  6. higher being
  7. higher beings
  8. Higher Bockhampton
  9. Higher Buxton
  10. higher consciousness
  11. higher consciousnesses

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