The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.]
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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.
He maketh a god, and worshipeth it.
--Is. xliv. 15.The race of Israel . . . bowing lowly down To bestial gods.
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The Supreme Being; the eternal and infinite Spirit, the Creator, and the Sovereign of the universe; Jehovah.
God is a Spirit; and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
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A person or thing deified and honored as the chief good; an object of supreme regard.
Whose god is their belly.
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Figuratively applied to one who wields great or despotic power. [R.] --Shak. 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.
An almshouse. [Obs.]
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A church.
God's penny, earnest penny. [Obs.]
--Beau. & Fl.God's Sunday, Easter.
Wikipedia
Besa, The Promise is a documentary film, produced by JWM Productions and directed by Rachel Goslins.
The film follows Norman H. Gershman, an American photographer as he travels to Albania, a mostly Muslim country, interviewing and photographing families who rescued Jews during World War II. Along the way Gershman meets Rexhep Hoxha, a Muslim shopkeeper. Rexhep seeks to fulfill a promise made by his father to the Jewish family they sheltered during Nazi occupation. With Gershman's help, Rexhep embarks on a journey across cultural and religious divides to return a set of mysterious books written in Hebrew to the original owners. On his quest, Rexhep discovers the unknown story of his father’s astonishing act of bravery and selflessness.
Filmed in Albania, Bulgaria, Israel, and the United States, more than twenty in-depth interviews were conducted with survivors, rescuers and other witnesses.
God's House may refer to:
- God's House (film), a documentary film currently in production
- God's House, Cambridge, a former college of the University of Cambridge
- God's House Hospital, a former hospital in Southampton, England
- God's House Tower, a fortified entrance gate to Southampton
Usage examples of "god's house".
If their own cottages were bare enough, God's house had light and warmth and beauty, and images of His mother and the holy saints, who stood between them and the awful glory of the Imminence….
He offered a prayer for forgiveness, for entering God's house without a shirt, and rose to his feet.
One of the friars, hood worn over his head here in God's house, was approaching him down a side aisle.
There was nothing to be frightened of here, not in the grounds of God's house.