deity
Example Sentences
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Starting anew, even for musical deities, can be a bumpy road.
Their mother claimed to be a deity, her estranged husband wrote in divorce papers.
From Seattle Times
Many Indigenous communities in Mexico and Central America continue to leave offerings to ancestors, forest spirits, and deities at ancient sites, but archaeologists haven’t always respected the tradition.
From Science Magazine
In another painting, a pair of deities in a vintage convertible descend on a scene in which two soldiers, also lovers, are surrounded by enemy troops under a glowing sky.
From Los Angeles Times
In one corner, there is Tehuti, an ibis-headed deity of science and knowledge; in another, traders dressed in semi-Western attire stand before sacks of goods that seem to represent coffee and spices.
From Seattle Times
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