be incarnate
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It is held to be incarnate in each climate, culture and race.
From Time Magazine Archive
With these explanations and cautions I will now adduce some examples of gods who have been believed by their worshippers to be incarnate in living human beings, whether men or women.
From The Golden Bough by Frazer, James George, Sir
Other spirits, called ataro, might be incarnate in almost any animal.
From The Evolution of the Dragon by Smith, G. Elliot
The same god was also supposed to be incarnate in the octopus, and also in the land crab.
From Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before by Turner, George
For generations the Verplancks have been what people expected them to be, incarnate formulas of etiquette and timid living.
From The Collectors by Mather, Frank Jewett
