godship

[ god-ship ]

/ ˈgɒd ʃɪp /

the rank, character, or condition of a god.

Often Facetious. a title used in referring to a godlike person: A bevy of servants were on hand to attend their godship's every whim.

Origin of godship

First recorded in 1545–55; God + -ship

You may be certain there was a mendicant priest in attendance on his godship.

In Eastern Seas |J. J. Smith
These met us with their own assumption of something like godship.

1492 |Mary Johnston
But have we not found the process during the last four hundred years to be from citizenship to godship, from creature to creator?

Is civilization a disease? |Stanton Coit
Special care is taken to antidote his godship with vine-tree syrup.

Gargantua and Pantagruel, Complete. |Francois Rabelais

My confidence in her human-beingship is getting shaken, my confidence in her godship is stiffening.

Christian Science |Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)