godship

Example Sentences

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Clarissa had not heard him announced, and to her it seemed as though he had come down from the heavens,—as would have befitted his godship.

From Ralph the Heir by Trollope, Anthony

His godship was very discriminating in the goodness and freshness of these offerings; for he rejected such as were stale, to be returned next morning, with his maledictions, to the fraudulent donors.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 by Various

Jesus died to save those who could accept his claim to godship —believing that he would go to sit at the right hand of God to judge the world.

From The Seeker by Wilson, Harry Leon

Let me another truth attempt, Of which your godship has not dreamt: Those shining virtues which you muster, Whence think you they derive their lustre?

From Moores Fables for the Female Sex by Moore, Edward Caldwell

As they crossed their sacred boundary, Muriel cried, with a sudden outburst of tears, "Oh, Felix, what on earth shall we ever do to get rid of this terrible, unendurable godship!"

From The Great Taboo by Allen, Grant