What (who) is deicide - definition
deicide
KILLING OF A GOD OR GODDESS
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n. (formal) to commit deicide
deicide
KILLING OF A GOD OR GODDESS
DEICIDE; Deocide; Responsible for the death of Jesus; Deicides; Deicidal; Deicidalism; Deicidalists; Deicidalist; God-slaying; Godslaying; God slaying; Slaying God; Slay God; Slays God; Slayed God; God-slayer; Slayer of God; Slayers of God; Slayer of gods; Slayers of gods; Godslayers; God-slayers; God slayers; Slay a god; Slays a god; Slayed a god; Slaying a god; Slay gods; Slays gods; Slayed gods; Slaying gods; God-killer; God killer; God-killers; Godkillers; God killers; Killer of God; Killers of God; God-killing; Godkilling; God killing; Killing of God; Slaying of gods; Slaying of God; Slaying of a god; Killing of gods; Killing of a god; Killing God; Kill God; Kills God; Killed God; Kill a god; Kills a god; Killed a god; Killing a god; Kill gods; Kills gods; Killed gods; Killing gods; God slayer
['de??s??d, 'di:?-]
¦ noun the killing of a god.
?a person who kills a god.
Origin
C17: from eccles. L. deicida, or directly from L. deus 'god' + -cide.
Deicide
KILLING OF A GOD OR GODDESS
DEICIDE; Deocide; Responsible for the death of Jesus; Deicides; Deicidal; Deicidalism; Deicidalists; Deicidalist; God-slaying; Godslaying; God slaying; Slaying God; Slay God; Slays God; Slayed God; God-slayer; Slayer of God; Slayers of God; Slayer of gods; Slayers of gods; Godslayers; God-slayers; God slayers; Slay a god; Slays a god; Slayed a god; Slaying a god; Slay gods; Slays gods; Slayed gods; Slaying gods; God-killer; God killer; God-killers; Godkillers; God killers; Killer of God; Killers of God; God-killing; Godkilling; God killing; Killing of God; Slaying of gods; Slaying of God; Slaying of a god; Killing of gods; Killing of a god; Killing God; Kill God; Kills God; Killed God; Kill a god; Kills a god; Killed a god; Killing a god; Kill gods; Kills gods; Killed gods; Killing gods; God slayer
·noun One concerned in putting Christ to death.
II. Deicide ·noun The act of killing a being of a divine nature; particularly, the putting to death of Jesus Christ.
Wikipedia
Deicide
Deicide is the killing (or the killer) of a god. The concept may be used for any act of killing a god, including a life-death-rebirth deity who is killed and then resurrected.
Examples of use of deicide
1. Ateek is regarded as a "peacemaker" in the US even as he recycles the deicide charge against the Jews and directs the hostility it arouses against the Jewish state.
2. The council also called for efforts to bridge differences between Catholics and other Christians, and produced a document in which the Catholic Church deplored anti–Semitism and repudiated the deicide‘‘ charge that blamed Jews as a people for Christ‘s death.
3. The bounce comes with seven weeks before elections to deicide control of Congress amid falling gas prices and a renewed campaign by Bush to boost support for the Iraq war and to portray Republicans as more competent than Democrats on security, the newspaper said.