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Godhead

[ god-hed ]

/ ˈgɒdˌhɛd /

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noun

the essential being of God; the Supreme Being.
the Holy Trinity of God the Father, Christ the Son, and the Holy Ghost.

(lowercase) divinity; godhood.

(lowercase) Rare. a god or goddess; deity.

Origin of Godhead

1200–50; Middle English godhede; see God, -head

Example sentences from the Web for godhead

Is it but to reveal such mysteries as these that the Godhead has taken pains to instruct mankind?

Christianity Unveiled |Nicolas-Antoine Boulanger
Indeed, to avoid the tendency to such conceptions he would prefer the term "Godhead" to "God."

Rudolph Eucken |Abel J. Jones
As to the nature of the Godhead and of the life beyond her horizon she does not profess to know anything.

Eighty Years And More; Reminiscences 1815-1897 |Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Revelation has shown us that "we are greater than we know;" and who may neglect the Infancy of that Being for whom Godhead died!

Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 |John Wilson

Slain it cannot be by Godhead, since it is still Godhead's own very dearest soul.

The Perfect Wagnerite |George Bernard Shaw

British Dictionary definitions for godhead

Godhead

/ (ˈɡɒdˌhɛd) /

noun (sometimes not capital)

the essential nature and condition of being God

the Godhead God