demideity
English
Etymology
demi- + deity
Noun
demideity (plural demideities)
- A partially divine being; a demigod or demigoddess.
- 2011, Edith Turner, Image and Pilgrimage in Christian Culture, page 207:
- One result of all this has been to undermine the influence of saints' images as genii loci, territorial demideities bound up ceremonially with the seasonal reproductive cycle, through feasts celebrated at critical points in the agricultural year.
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