godship

noun

Etymology

From god + -ship.

  1. inherited from *gudą
  2. inherited from *god
  3. inherited from god
  4. inherited from god
  5. suffixed as godship — “god + ship

Definitions

  1. Synonym of divinity

    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.
    • Emerson's vision of man coming into his godship through the conquest of nature reads suspiciously like an apology for westward expansion.
  2. A term of address to a deity.

    • Yf it please your gracyous godshyp.
    • The gods, addressed without ceremony in Juvenal as vos... become ‘Your Godships’.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA