Re: diety date?
On Tue, 14 Oct 1997, Gerald John Lapeyre, Jr. wrote:
:
: Why don't we make the name change official.
: Over the past month it seems about:
: 70% prefer 'diety'
: 30% prefer 'deity'
:
: G John Lapeyre <lapeyre@physics.arizona.edu>
: Tucson,AZ http://www.physics.arizona.edu/~lapeyre
:
deity (dê´î-tê) noun
plural deities
1. A god or goddess.
2. a. The essential nature or condition of being a god; divinity.
b. Deity. God. Used with the.
[Middle English deite, from Old French, from Late Latin deitâs, divine
nature, from Latin deus, god.]
Entering "diety" opened a dialog box suggesting "deity" :) ...
(not suggesting this will end the argument ... )
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