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deity | qamata |

As a noun deity

is the state of being a god; divine characteristics, godhead.

As a proper noun Qamata is

the chief deity in traditional Xhosa religion.

deity

English

(wikipedia deity)

Noun

(deities)
  • The state of being a god; divine characteristics, godhead.
  • * 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , III.10:
    • Thou seest all, yet none at all sees thee: / All that is by the working of thy Deitee .
  • A divine being; a god or goddess.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * household deity

    Related terms

    * deicide * deify

    See also

    * cosmocrat * deism * god * godliness * theism

    References

    Anagrams

    * English words not following the I before E except after C rule

    qamata

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • The chief deity in traditional Xhosa religion.
  • *1994 , Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom , Abacus 2010, pp. 14-5:
  • *:my father remained aloof from Christianity and instead reserved his own faith for the great spirit of the Xhosas, Qamata , the God of his fathers.
  • *2007 , Molefi Asante and Emeka Nwadiora, Spear Masters , p. 75:
  • *:The idea of good and evil is related to the deity, Qamata , among the Xhosa.
    • English words containing Q not followed by U