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 God n.
 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.
    He maketh a god, and worshipeth it.   --Is. xliv. 15.
 The race of Israel . . . bowing lowly down
 To bestial gods.   --Milton.
 2. 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.   --John iv. 24.
 3. A person or thing deified and honored as the chief good; an object of supreme regard.
    Whose god is their belly.   --Phil. iii. 19.
 4. Figuratively applied to one who wields great or despotic power. [R.]
 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.