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deicide

[ dee-uh-sahyd ]

noun

  1. a person who kills a god.
  2. the act of killing a god.


deicide

/ ˈ»å¾±Ëɪˌ²õ²¹Éª»å /

noun

  1. the act of killing a god
  2. a person who kills a god
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ËŒ»å±ð¾±Ëˆ³¦¾±»å²¹±ô, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • »å±ði·³¦¾±»åa±ô adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of deicide1

1605–15; < New Latin »å±ð¾±³¦Ä«»å²¹ deicide ( def 1 ), »å±ð¾±³¦Ä«»å¾±³Ü³¾ deicide ( def 2 ), equivalent to Latin dei- (combining form of deus god) + -³¦Ä«»å²¹, -³¦Ä«»å¾±³Ü³¾ -cide
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of deicide1

C17: from ecclesiastical Latin deicida, from Latin deus god; see -cide
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M. Scott Momaday, in his essay “The Way to Rainy Mountain,†describes his Kiowa grandmother, who “bore an image of deicide.â€

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And sometimes they bore the image of deicide, and went the way of despair.

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The fact that the horror embedded in songs by bands like Morbid Angel, Deicide and Cannibal Corpse doesn’t come close to what’s at the core of Kira’s truth tells us it’s likely more than we — or anyone — should be asked to bear.

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Dr. Bito’s book “The Gospel of Anonymous: Absolving All Men of the Most Hideous Crime of Deicide,†translated into English in 2011, served as a literary counter to the antisemitic canard that Jews are to be blamed for the death of Jesus.

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And Deicide has written about ritual sacrifices, the crucifixion, Satan, Jesus and anti-Christian sentiments.

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