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Definition of Deiform
1. a. Godlike, or of a godlike form.
Definition of Deiform
1. Adjective. godlike ¹
2. Adjective. conformable to the will of God ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Deiform
1. having the form of a god [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deiform
Literary usage of Deiform
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Tennyson by Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, Hallam Tennyson Tennyson (1908)
"... he studied to raise those who conversed with him to a nobler set of thoughts,
and to consider religion as a seed of a deiform nature. ..."
2. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1908)
"... he studied to raise those who conversed with him to a nobler set of thoughts,
and to consider religion as a seed of a deiform nature. ..."
3. The Contemporary Review (1872)
"According to this theory, God is not drawn after the likeness of man, but man is
deiform, for God is the archetype of all that is good. ..."
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