SEMIDIVINE

Meaning of SEMIDIVINE in English

/sem'ee di vuyn", sem'uy-/ , adj.

somewhat more than mortal but less than divine.

[ 1590-1600; SEMI- + DIVINE ]

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SEMIDIVINE — adjective Date: 1600 more than mortal but not fully divine
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SEMIDIVINE — “+ adjective Etymology: semi- + divine : more than mortal but not fully divine : possessing a degree of divine …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SEMIDIVINE — adj. somewhat divine, partially godlike, more than mortal but less than divine
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SEMIDIVINE — adjective Date: 1600 : more than mortal but not fully divine
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SEMIDIVINE — [semi.di.vine] adj (1600): more than mortal but not fully divine
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SEMIDIVINE — полубессмертный
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SEMIDIVINE — полубессмертный
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SEMIDIVINE — adj. полубожественный
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SEMIDIVINE — adj. полубожественный
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SEMIDIVINE — полубессмертный
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SEMIDIVINE — полубессмертный
Англо-Русский словарь
SEMIDIVINE — adj. Pronunciation: -d ə - ' v ī n Function: adjective Date: 1600 : more than mortal but not fully …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
ROMAN MYTHOLOGY — Oral and literary traditions of the ancient Romans concerning their gods and heroes and the nature and history of the …
Английский словарь Британика
NAGA — In Hindu and Buddhist mythology, a semidivine being, half human and half serpent. Naga s can assume either wholly human …
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KING — I Male sovereign over a nation or territory, of higher rank than any other ruler except an emperor . A …
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EPIC — I Long, narrative poem in an elevated style that celebrates heroic achievement and treats themes of historical, national, religious, or …
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DUVALIER, FRANÇOIS — known as Papa Doc born April 14, 1907, Port-au-Prince, Haiti died April 21, 1971, Port-au-Prince President of Haiti (1957–71). After …
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DEMON — or daemon In religions worldwide, any of various evil spirits that mediate between the supernatural and human realms. The term …
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CREATION MYTH — or cosmogony Symbolic narrative of the creation and organization of the world as understood in a particular tradition. Not all …
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SHEDU — ˈshā(ˌ)dü noun ( plural she·dim -ādə̇m) Etymology: Assyro-Babylonian shēdu 1. usually capitalized : one of various semidivine beings represented by …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PITRI — ˈpi.trē noun ( plural pitris or pitri ) Etymology: Sanskrit pitṛ father — more at father Hinduism : a deceased …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DEMIGOD — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷+ˌ- noun Etymology: demi- + god; translation of Latin semideus 1. : a mythological divine or semidivine being (as the …
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LEGEND — /lej"euhnd/ , n. 1. a nonhistorical or unverifiable story handed down by tradition from earlier times and popularly accepted as …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TAMA — formally mitama in Japanese religion, a soul or a divine or semidivine spirit; also an aspect of a spirit. Several …
Britannica English vocabulary
SACRED KINGSHIP — religio-political concept that views a ruler as an incarnation, manifestation, mediator, or agent of the sacred or holy (the transcendent …
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POLYTHEISM — the belief in many gods. Polytheism characterizes virtually all religions other than Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, which share a common …
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NAGA — Sanskrit Naga (serpent), in Hindu and Buddhist mythology, a member of a class of semidivine beings, half human and half …
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MERMAID — masculine merman a fabled marine creature with the head and upper body of a human being and the tail of …
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HERO — in literature, broadly, the main character in a literary work; the term is also used in a specialized sense for …
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FAIRY — also spelled faerie or faery a mythical being of folklore and romance usually having magic powers and dwelling on earth …
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EPIC — long narrative poem recounting heroic deeds, although the term has also been loosely used to describe novels, such as Tolstoy's …
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APOTHEOSIS — elevation to the status of a god. The term (from Greek apotheoun, to make a god, to deify) implies a …
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