deities n. 神明,神灵(deity的复数)
- New Deities – Recent activities on Norrath have again attracted the attention of the gods.
新信仰-目前在诺瑞斯上的活动再次吸引了神明的注意。 - The worship of local deities does not exclude the belief in pan-Indian higher gods or even in a single high God.
地方神的崇拜并不排斥泛神论的印度教相信更高的神,甚至是一个单一的至高神。 - Now all Buddhist and Daoist liturgical paintings of deities which are made according to uniform patterns are designated as Shuilu paintings.
现在则将由画工所作的、有统一模式,用于宗教活动,反映神、佛内容的绘画统称为水陆画。
Deity \De"i*ty\ (d[=e]"[i^]*t[y^]), n.; pl. {Deities}
(d[=e]"[i^]*t[i^]z). [OE. deite, F. d['e]it['e], fr. L.
deitas, fr. deus a god; akin to divus divine, Jupiter, gen.
Jovis, Jupiter, dies day, Gr. di^os divine, Zey`s, gen.
Dio`s, Zeus, Skr. d[=e]va divine, as a noun, god, daiva
divine, dy[=o] sky, day, hence, the sky personified as a god,
and to the first syllable of E. Tuesday, Gael. & Ir. dia God,
W. duw. Cf. {Divine}, {Journey}, {Journal}, {Tuesday}.]
1. The collection of attributes which make up the nature of a
god; divinity; godhead; as, the deity of the Supreme Being
is seen in his works.
They declared with emphasis the perfect deity and
the perfect manhood of Christ. --Milman.
2. A god or goddess; a heathen god.
To worship calves, the deities
Of Egypt. --Milton.
{The Deity}, God, the Supreme Being.
This great poet and philosopher [Simonides], the
more he contemplated the nature of the Deity, found
that he waded but the more out of his depth.
--Addison.