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GODHEAD

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Overview

GODHEAD (noun)
  The noun GODHEAD has 1 sense:

1. terms referring to the Judeo-Christian Godplay

  Familiarity information: GODHEAD used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


GODHEAD (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Almighty; Creator; Divine; God Almighty; Godhead; Jehovah; Lord; Maker

Instance hypernyms:

God; Supreme Being (the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Godhead"):

Blessed Trinity; Holy Trinity; Sacred Trinity; Trinity (the union of the Father and Son and Holy Ghost in one Godhead)

hypostasis; hypostasis of Christ (any of the three persons of the Godhead constituting the Trinity especially the person of Christ in which divine and human natures are united)


 Context examples 


Deep in him, below any reasoning process or act of consciousness, he had associated power with godhead.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

They impressed him as possessing superior power, and it is on power that godhead rests.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

He knew the law too well to take it out of Grey Beaver; behind Grey Beaver were a club and godhead.

(White Fang, by Jack London)



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