semi-ˈdeity
[semi- 2.]
= semigod.
| c 1612 Chapman Homer's Hymn to the Moone 27 Men whose states the Deities did raise To Semideities. 1685 Boyle Enq. Notion Nat. 15 A certain Semi-Deity, which they call Nature. 1848 Bailey Festus (ed. 3) 190 Adieu! ye semideities! 1860 Pusey Min. Proph. 2 As if nature were a sort of semi-deity, or creation were its own Creator. |