godship

Example Sentences

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After this the monarch wanted no more proof of the godship of Buddha, kept his promise, and built the first pagoda in China.

From The War Tiger Or, Adventures and Wonderful Fortunes of the Young Sea Chief and His Lad Chow: A Tale of the Conquest of China by Dalton, William

I do believe the sad alone are wise; I do believe the wrong'd alone can know Why lives the world, why spread the burden'd skies, And so from torture into godship grow.

From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 by Various

They mixed in the fights of men, but availed themselves of their godship, if things went against them, and especially in order to get revenge for defeat.

From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by Sumner, William Graham

Mr. Matthew Arnold, on the other hand, lost no opportunity to flout with indignity the claims of Victor Hugo to his supreme literary godship.

From French Classics by Wilkinson, William Cleaver

And in a spring that rises out of the sea near the shore he was able at last to mingle his waters with those of the one for whom he had lost his godship.

From A Book of Myths by Stratton, Helen