Dē'i-ty, n.
n. [Lat. deitas, from deus, god, Lith. devas, Skr. dēvas, Fr. déité, Pr. deitat, Sp. deidad, Pg. deidade, It. deità.]
Sense 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.
His glory on the Son Blazed with unclouded deity. Milton.
Sense 2. A god or goddess; a divine being.
To worship calves, the deities Of Egypt. Milton.
The Deity, God, the Supreme Being.
This great poet and philosopher [Simonides], the more that he contemplated the nature of the Deity, found that he waded the more out of his depth. Addison.