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    God , a. & n. Good. [Obs.]
    Chaucer.

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    God , n. [AS. god; akin to OS. & D. god, OHG. got, G. gott, Icel. guð, goð, Sw. & Dan. gud, Goth. gup, prob. orig. a p. p. from a root appearing in Skr. hū, p. p. hūta, to call upon, invoke, implore. √30. Cf. Goodbye, Gospel, Gossip.]
    1. A being conceived of as possessing supernatural power, and to be propitiated by sacrifice, worship, etc.; a divinity; a deity; an object of worship; an idol.
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      He maketh a god, and worshipeth it.
      Is. xliv. 15.

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      The race of Israel . . . bowing lowly down
      To bestial gods.
      Milton.

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    2. The Supreme Being; the eternal and infinite Spirit, the Creator, and the Sovereign of the universe; Jehovah.
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      God is a Spirit; and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
      John iv. 24.

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    3. A person or thing deified and honored as the chief good; an object of supreme regard.
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      Whose god is their belly.
      Phil. iii. 19.

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    4. Figuratively applied to one who wields great or despotic power. [R.]
      Shak.

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      Act of God. (Law) See under Act. -- Gallery gods, the occupants of the highest and cheapest gallery of a theater. [Colloq.] -- God's acre, God's field, a burial place; a churchyard. See under Acre. -- God's house. (a) An almshouse. [Obs.] (b) A church. -- God's penny, earnest penny. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl. -- God's Sunday, Easter.
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    God, v. t. To treat as a god; to idolize. [Obs.]
    Shak.

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