Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget
1. SUPERHUMAN BEINGS AND REGIONS
534 words | Chapter 195
#976. Deity.—N. Deity, Divinity; Godhead, Godship[obs3];
Omnipotence, Providence; Heaven [metonymically]. [Quality of being
divine] divineness[obs3], divinity. God, Lord, Jehovah, Jahweh,
Allah[obs3]; The Almighty, The Supreme Being, The First Cause, the
Prime Mover; Ens Entium[Lat]; Author of all things, Creator of all
things; Author of our being; Cosmoplast[obs3]; El; The Infinite, The
Eternal; The All-powerful, The All-wise, The All- merciful, The
All-holy. [Attributes and perfections] infinite power, infinite wisdom,
infinite goodness, infinite justice, infinite truth, infinite mercy;
omnipotence, omniscience, omnipresence; unity, immutability, holiness,
glory, majesty, sovereignty, infinity, eternity. The Trinity, The Holy
Trinity, The Trinity in Unity, The Triune God, God the Father Son and
Holy Ghost. God the Father; The Maker, The Creator, The Preserver.
[Functions] creation, preservation, divine government; Theocracy,
Thearchy[obs3]; providence; ways of Providence, dealings of Providence,
dispensations of Providence, visitations of Providence. [Christian God:
second person] God the Son, Jesus, Christ; The Messiah, The Anointed,
The Saviour, the Redeemer, The Mediator, The Intercessor, The Advocate,
The Judge; The Son of God, The Son of Man, The Son of David; The Lamb
of God, The Word; Logos; Emmanuel; Immanuel; The King of Kings and Lord
of Lords, The King of Glory, The Prince of Peace, The Good Shepherd,
The Way, The Truth, The Life, The Bread of Life, The Light of the
World; The Lord our, The Sun of Righteousness; "The Pilot of the
Galilean lake" [Milton]. The Incarnation, The Hypostatic Union.
[Functions] salvation, redemption, atonement, propitiation, mediation,
intercession, judgment. [Christian God: third person] God the Holy
Ghost, The Holy Spirit, Paraclete[Theol]; The Comforter, The Spirit of
Truth, The Dove. [Functions] inspiration, unction, regeneration,
sanctification, consolation. eon, aeon, special providence, deus ex
machina[Lat]; avatar. V. create, move, uphold, preserve, govern &c.
atone, redeem, save, propitiate, mediate &c. predestinate, elect, call,
ordain, bless, justify, sanctify, glorify &c. Adj. almighty, holy,
hallowed, sacred, divine, heavenly, celestial; sacrosanct; all-knowing,
all-seeing, all-wise; omniscient. superhuman, supernatural; ghostly,
spiritual, hyperphysical[obs3], unearthly; theistic, theocratic;
anointed; soterial[obs3]. Adj. jure divino[Lat], by divine right. Phr.
Domine dirige nos[Lat]; en Dieu est ma fiance[Fr]; et sceleratis sol
oritur [Lat][Seneca]; "He mounts the storm and walks upon the wind"
[Pope]; "Thou great First Cause, least understood" [Pope]; sans Dieu
rien[Fr].
#977. [Beneficent spirits] Angel.—N. angel, archangel; guardian
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angel; heavenly host, host of heaven, sons of God; seraph, seraphim;
cherub, cherubim.
ministering spirit, morning star.
saint, patron saint, Madonna; invisible helpers.
Adj. angelic, seraphic, cherubic; saintly.
#978. [Maleficent spirits.] Satan.—N. Satan, the Devil, Lucifer,
Mephistopheles, Ahriman[obs3], Belial; Samael, Zamiel, Beelzebub, the
Prince of the Devils. the tempter[1]; the evil one, the evil spirit;
the Adversary; the archenemy; the author of evil, the wicked one, the
old Serpent; the Prince of darkness, the Prince of this world, the
Prince of the power of the air; the foul fiend, the arch fiend; the
devil incarnate; the common enemy, the angel of the bottomless pit;
Abaddon[obs3], Apollyon[obs3]. fallen angels, unclean spirits, devils;
the rulers, the powers of darkness; inhabitants of Pandemonium; demon
&c. 980. diabolism; devilism[obs3], devilship[obs3]; diabolology[obs3];
satanism, devil worship; manicheism; the cloven foot. Adj. satanic,
diabolic, devilish; infernal, hellborn[obs3]. [1-The slang expressions
"the deuce, dickens, old Gentleman; old Nick, old Scratch, old Horny,
old Harry, old Gooseberry," have not been inserted in the text.].
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