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deity 1. the state of being divine; godhead 2. the rank, status, or position of a god 3. the nature or character of God Deity the. the Supreme Being; God How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Partly from its peculiar colour, partly from a superstition which represented it as feeling the influence of the deity whom it adorned, and growing and lessening in lustre with the waxing and waning of the moon, it first gained the name by which it continues to be known in India to this day--the name of THE MOONSTONE. That thoughtless deity immediately plunged into the pool, which became so salivated that the trees about its margin all came loose and dropped out. I could not see the girl's face as her eyes rested for the first time on the Supreme Deity of Mars, but felt the shudder that ran through her in the trembling flesh of the arm that touched mine. |
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