-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