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Definitions for deicide
ˈdi əˌsaɪdde·i·cide
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Wiktionary
deicidenoun
The killing of a god or goddess.
deicidenoun
The killer of a god or goddess.
deicidenoun
The crucifixion of Jesus viewed as a crime.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
DEICIDEnoun
The murder of God; the act of killing God. It is only used in speaking of the death of our blessed Saviour.
Etymology: from deus and cædo, Latin.
Explain how perfection suffer’d pain,
Almighty languish’d, and Eternal dy’d;
How by her patient victor death was slain,
And earth profan’d, yet bless’d with deicide! Matthew Prior.
Wikipedia
Deicide
Deicide is the killing (or the killer) of a god. The concept may be used for any act of killing a god, including a life-death-rebirth deity who is killed and then resurrected.
Webster Dictionary
Deicidenoun
the act of killing a being of a divine nature; particularly, the putting to death of Jesus Christ
Deicidenoun
one concerned in putting Christ to death
Etymology: [L. deicida a deicide (in sense 2); deus god + cdere to cut, kill: cf. F. dicide.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Deicide
dē′i-sīd, n. the killing of a god: the putting to death of Jesus Christ. [From a supposed Low L. form deicidium—deus, a god, and cædĕre, to kill.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of deicide in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of deicide in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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