Demideity

Quick meaning: Demideity is a noun meaning A partially divine being; a demigod or demigoddess.

Meaning

A partially divine being; a demigod or demigoddess.

Example Sentences

The twin bits of our race-souls touched at once. What no Japan(!sc could feel, that rough square man knew, — and he seemed to me a deity, or a demideity, — and I felt like one about to worship West- ern Gods.

One result of all this has been to undermine the influence of saints' images as genii loci, territorial demideities bound up ceremonially with the seasonal reproductive cycle, through feasts celebrated at critical points in the agricultural year.

Word Forms

• demideities

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include demi-god, demigod, demigodhood, semideification, deity, half-god.

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