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  1. a. & n. Good.
  2. n. A being conceived of as possessing supernatural power, and to be propitiated by sacrifice, worship, etc.; a divinity; a deity; an object of worship; an idol.
  3. n. The Supreme Being; the eternal and infinite Spirit, the Creator, and the Sovereign of the universe; Jehovah.
  4. n. A person or thing deified and honored as the chief good; an object of supreme regard.
  5. n. Figuratively applied to one who wields great or despotic power.
  6. v. t. To treat as a god; to idolize.
  7. n. any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force
  8. n. a man of such superior qualities that he seems like a deity to other people
  9. n. a material effigy that is worshipped
  10. Good. [Obs.] Chaucer. 1. A being conceived of as possessing supernatural power, and to be propitiated by sacrifice, worship, etc.; a divinity; a deity; an object of worship; an idol. He maketh a god, and worshipeth it. Is. xliv. 15. The race of Israel . . . bowing lowly down To bestial gods. Milton. 2. The Supreme Being; the eternal and infinite Spirit, the Creator, and the Sovereign of the universe; Jehovah. God is a Spirit; and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. John iv. 24. 3. A person or thing deified and honored as the chief good; an object of supreme regard. Whose god is their belly. Phil. iii. 19. 4. Figuratively applied to one who wields great or despotic power. [R.] Shak. Act of God. (Law) See under Act. -- Gallery gods, the occupants of the highest and cheapest gallery of a theater. [Colloq.] -- God's acre, God's field, a burial place; a churchyard. See under Acre. -- God's house. (a) An almshouse. [Obs.] (b) A church. -- God's penny, earnest penny. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl. -- God's Sunday, Easter. To treat as a god; to idolize. [Obs.] Shak.
  11. Good. [Obs.] Chaucer.
  12. n:100 n. the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions n. a man of such superior qualities that he seems like a deity to other people