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Definition of Goddess
1. Noun. A female deity.
Definition of Goddess
1. n. A female god; a divinity, or deity, of the female sex.
Definition of Goddess
1. Proper noun. The single goddess of various monotheistic religions. ¹
2. Proper noun. The single female goddess of various ditheistic religions. ¹
3. Noun. (religion) A female deity. ¹
4. Noun. (figuratively) A human female honored or adored as physically attractive or of superior charm and intelligence. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Goddess
1. a female god [n -ES]
Medical Definition of Goddess
1. 1. A female god; a divinity, or deity, of the female sex. "When the daughter of Jupiter presented herself among a crowd of goddesses, she was distinguished by her graceful stature and superior beauty." (Addison) 2. A woman of superior charms or excellence. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Goddess
Literary usage of Goddess
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"105), had been transplanted from Ascalon, where was the oldest temple of a goddess
whom the Greeks translated into Aphrodite Urania, and identified with the ..."
2. Harper's Dictionary of Classical Literature and Antiquities by Harry Thurston Peck (1897)
"Again, the common conception of her as goddess of love limited her agency to ...
As goddess of the shifting gale and changeful sky, she was Aphrodite Urania ..."
3. The Cults of the Greek States by Lewis Richard Farnell (1896)
"Thus we may explain the story that was told by the men of Tegea, a favourite city
of the goddess, that Athena had given to their ancient king, ..."
4. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Her character as a goddess of vegetation is clearly shown in the cult and ...
As the goddess of the grosser form of love she inspires both men and women ..."
5. The native races of the Pacific states of North America by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1875)
"She was goddess of maize, and consequently, from the importance in America of
this grain, of agriculture, and of the producing earth generally. ..."
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