god's field

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god's field - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  God \God\ (g[o^]d), n. [AS. god; akin to OS. & D. god, OHG. got,
     G. gott, Icel. gu[eth], go[eth], Sw. & Dan. gud, Goth. gup,
     prob. orig. a p. p. from a root appearing in Skr. h[=u], p.
     p. h[=u]ta, to call upon, invoke, implore. [root]30. Cf.
     Goodbye, Gospel, Gossip.]
     1. A being conceived of as possessing supernatural power, and
        to be propitiated by sacrifice, worship, etc.; a divinity;
        a deity; an object of worship; an idol.
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              He maketh a god, and worshipeth it.   --Is. xliv.
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              The race of Israel . . . bowing lowly down
              To bestial gods.                      --Milton.
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     2. The Supreme Being; the eternal and infinite Spirit, the
        Creator, and the Sovereign of the universe; Jehovah.
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              God is a Spirit; and they that worship him must
              worship him in spirit and in truth.   --John iv. 24.
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     3. A person or thing deified and honored as the chief good;
        an object of supreme regard.
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              Whose god is their belly.             --Phil. iii.
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     4. Figuratively applied to one who wields great or despotic
        power. [R.] --Shak.
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     Act of God. (Law) See under Act.
  
     Gallery gods, the occupants of the highest and cheapest
        gallery of a theater. [Colloq.]
  
     God's acre, God's field, a burial place; a churchyard.
        See under Acre.
  
     God's house.
        (a) An almshouse. [Obs.]
        (b) A church.
  
     God's penny, earnest penny. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
  
     God's Sunday, Easter.
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