God
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
God/ɡɒd/
▶noun
- 1 (in Christianity and other monotheistic religions) the creator and ruler of the universe; the supreme being.
- 2 (god) a superhuman being or spirit worshipped as having power over nature or human fortunes; a deity.
■ an image of a god; an idol.
- 3 (god) a greatly admired or influential person.
- 4 (the gods) informal the gallery in a theatre.
– phrases
God's acre archaic a churchyard.
God the Father (in Christian doctrine) the first person of the Trinity, God as creator and supreme authority.
God the Son (in Christian doctrine) Christ regarded as the second person of the Trinity; God as incarnate and resurrected saviour.
play God behave as if all-powerful.
with God dead and in heaven.
God's acre archaic a churchyard.
God the Father (in Christian doctrine) the first person of the Trinity, God as creator and supreme authority.
God the Son (in Christian doctrine) Christ regarded as the second person of the Trinity; God as incarnate and resurrected saviour.
play God behave as if all-powerful.
with God dead and in heaven.
– derivatives
godhood noun,
godlike adjective,
godship noun,
godward adjective & adverb,
godwards adverb.
godhood noun,
godlike adjective,
godship noun,
godward adjective & adverb,
godwards adverb.
– origin OE, of Gmc origin.
'God' also found in these Oxford entries:
Abba
- ablative absolute
- act
- adieu
- adios
- Adonai
- aeolian
- Aesculapian
- agnostic
- Agnus Dei
- Allah
- almighty
- Almohad
- ammonia
- ancient
- angel
- anthropomorphism
- anthropomorphous
- apollo
- Apollonian
- apophatic
- apotheosis
- areology
- atheism
- atlas
- atonement
- ayatollah
- ba
- babel
- bacchanal
- Bacchanalia
- bacchant
- bedad
- Beelzebub
- begad
- begorra
- Benedictus
- Bhagwan
- bismillah
- blaspheme
- blasphemy
- bless
- blessing
- blimey
- bloody
- Bogomil
- boreal
- by
- caduceus
- caliph
