godhead

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English godhede, equivalent to god + -head (“-hood”). First attested in the Ancrene Wisse (ca. 1225); compare godhood and Dutch godheid as well as German Gottheit.

In classic literature

Synonyms

Lord, Creator, Maker, Divine, God Almighty, Almighty, Jehovah

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