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higher beings

higher beings is the plural of higher being.

Meaning of higher being

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

Questions about higher beings

What is higher beings the plural of?
Higher beings is the plural of higher being.

Words near higher beings in the dictionary

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

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