资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

            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.] --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}.
      (a) An almshouse. [Obs.]
      (b) A church.

   {God's penny}, earnest penny. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.

   {God's Sunday}, Easter.