Definition of "god" []

• A being conceived as the perfect, omnipotent, omniscient originator and ruler of the universe, the principal object of faith and worship in monotheistic religions. (noun)
• The force, effect, or a manifestation or aspect of this being. (noun)
• A being of supernatural powers or attributes, believed in and worshiped by a people, especially a male deity thought to control some part of nature or reality. (noun)
• An image of a supernatural being; an idol. (noun)
• One that is worshiped, idealized, or followed: Money was their god. (noun)

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• "This use of the term, _which was common to him with his contemporaries_, and continued to be common after his time, is illustrated by his remarks on the passage, 'and the Logos was God'; in which he contended, that the Logos was god, in an inferior sense; -- not as we would say God, but _a god_, not _the_ divine being, but _a_ divine being."
• "Every tribe and every clan has its own protecting god, and every individual has his _my god_."
• "⁊ us ba neomen god ende · for {} ȝelde alle þe us god doð · ⁊ milci hare sawle þe us god  {175} idon habbeð · hare sawle ⁊ alle cristene sawleS."