Definitions for deicides

deicides de·i·cide

Spelling: [dee-uh-sahyd]
IPA: /ˈdi əˌsaɪd/

Deicides is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 98 anagrams from letters in deicides (cddeeiis).

Definitions for deicides

noun

  1. a person who kills a god.
  2. the act of killing a god.

Origin of deicides

1605-15; New Latin deicīda (def 1), deicīdium (def 2), equivalent to Latin dei- (combining form of deus god) + -cīda, -cīdium -cide

Examples for deicides

She condoned his blasphemies concerning the priests because of his aversion towards the deicide race.

Jewish persecution had its completion in the ruin of the deicide city.

How real is the pretended power which the deicide chemists are alleged to wield?

Guilty of this homicide, and this regicide, and this deicide, confess your guilt to-day.

Word Value for deicides
Scrable

11

Words with friends

12

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