GODHEAD


Meaning of GODHEAD in English

-ˌhed noun

Etymology: Middle English godhed, from god + -hed, -hede -hood (akin to Middle English -hod, -had -hood)

1. : the quality or state of being divine : deity 1a, divinity

a denial of our Lord's equality with the Father in godhead — B.J.Kidd

life has not measured the success of its attempts at godhead by the beauty … of the result — G.B.Shaw

2. capitalized

a. : god , deity II 1b — usually used with the

the devil and anathema of our forefathers hides the Godhead which we seek — D.H.Lawrence

the Hindu, with Rama as the Godhead, accepts a pantheon of divinities — Andrew Mellor

b. : the nature of God especially when regarded as triune : trinity

the eternal relations within the Godhead itself — O.C.Quick

the beginning and the end is the hidden darkness of the eternal Godhead — Frank Thilly

3. sometimes capitalized : god I 1

he was deliberately deified; … made the godhead of a creed — Frank Gorrell

the nymphs and native godheads yet unknown — John Dryden

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