a. & n. Good. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To treat as a god; to idolize. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ AS. god; akin to OS. & D. god, OHG. got, G. gott, Icel. guð, goð, Sw. & Dan. gud, Goth. gup, prob. orig. a p. p. from a root appearing in Skr. hū, p. p. hūta, to call upon, invoke, implore. √30. Cf. Goodbye, Gospel, Gossip. ]
He maketh a god, and worshipeth it. Is. xliv. 15. [ 1913 Webster ]
The race of Israel . . . bowing lowly down
To bestial gods. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
God is a Spirit; and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. John iv. 24. [ 1913 Webster ]
Whose god is their belly. Phil. iii. 19. [ 1913 Webster ]
Act of God. (Law)
Gallery gods,
God's acre,
God's field
God's house.
God's penny,
God's Sunday,
n. One for whom a person becomes sponsor at baptism, and whom he promises to see educated as a Christian; a godson or goddaughter. See Godfather. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ AS. goddohtor. ] A female for whom one becomes sponsor at baptism. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
When the daughter of Jupiter presented herself among a crowd of goddesses, she was distinguished by her graceful stature and superior beauty. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. & n. Good. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Goodly. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ AS. godfæder. Cf. Gossip. ] A man who becomes sponsor for a child at baptism, and makes himself a surety for its Christian training and instruction. Correlative of
There shall be for every Male-child to be baptized, when they can be had, two Godfathers and one Godmother; and for every Female, one Godfather and two Godmothers; and Parents shall be admitted as Sponsors, if it is desired. Book of Common Prayer (Prot. Episc. Ch., U. S. ). [ 1913 Webster ]