deity
Supernatural object of veneration
A deity is a god or goddess—a supernatural being worshipped as having power over nature and human affairs.
The word works equally for figures in polytheistic systems Greek deities like Zeus and Athena and as a way to discuss divinity abstractly belief in a deity.
The deity often refers to God in monotheistic contexts without naming a specific religion.
Address to deity
- templeSacred worship structure
- altarSacred ritual table
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- offeringSomething presented or given
sacrifice · devotion · veneration · pilgrimage · shrine · incense · chanting · liturgy
Sacred spiritual purity
- sanctityQuality of being inviolable
- consecrationDedicating to sacred purpose
- reverenceProfound admiring respect
- pietySincere religious devotion
sacrament · taboo · hallowed · blessed · divine · anointed · relics · holy
Unlimited universal power
- omniscienceUnlimited knowledge state
- omnipresenceExisting everywhere at once
- transcendenceSurpassing usual limits
- eternalLasting without end
infinite · celestial · heavenly · sublime · majesty · glory · perfection · benevolence
All gods of a religion
- mythosBody of foundational legends
- legendUnverified traditional tale
- epicImpressively grand in scope
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
cosmogony · saga · underworld · realm · avatar · apotheosis · theogony · demigod
prayer
Address to deity
offering · sacrifice · devotion · veneration · pilgrimage · shrine · incense · chanting · liturgy · idolatry
holiness
Sacred spiritual purity
- sanctityQuality of being inviolable
- consecrationDedicating to sacred purpose
- reverenceProfound admiring respect
piety · sacrament · taboo · hallowed · blessed · divine · anointed · relics · holy · purification
omnipotence
Unlimited universal power
- omniscienceUnlimited knowledge state
- omnipresenceExisting everywhere at once
- transcendenceSurpassing usual limits
eternal · infinite · celestial · heavenly · sublime · majesty · glory · perfection · benevolence · providence
pantheon
All gods of a religion
folklore · cosmogony · saga · underworld · realm · avatar · apotheosis · theogony · demigod · hero
creator
One who produces something
progenitor · genesis · origin · primordial · cosmogony · formation · source · birth · emergence · beginning
shiva
Jewish week of mourning
deitymortal
Subject to death
human · man · human being · creature · mere mortal
- ancient deitiesGods of antiquity
- sun deityGod embodying the daystar
- Hindu deityGod of Indian religion
- guardian deityProtective divine being
- female deitiesSacred feminine immortals
- Greek deitiesDivine beings of ancient Greece