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theomachy

[ thee-om-uh-kee ]

noun

plural theomachies.
  1. a battle with or among the gods.


theomachy

/ θɪˈɒ³¾É™°ìɪ /

noun

  1. a battle among the gods or against them
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of theomachy1

1560–70; < Late Latin theomachia < Greek theomachia. See theo-, -machy
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of theomachy1

C16: from Greek theomakhia, from theo- + ³¾²¹°ì³óŧ battle
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Associated words: deify, deification, apotheosize, apotheosis, theogony, Olympus, pantheon, deicide, deifie, deiform, mythology, polytheism, monotheism, theomachy, cuhemerism, monolatry, undeify, undeification, oracle.

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For that gigantine state of mind which possesseth the troublers of the world, such as was Lucius Sylla, and infinite other in smaller model, who would have all men happy or unhappy, as they were their friends or enemies, and would give form to the world according to their own humours, which is the true theomachy, pretendeth and aspireth to active good though it recedeth farthest from that good of society, which we have determined to be the greater.'

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