Definitions for theodicies

theodicies the·od·i·cy

Spelling: [thee-od-uh-see]
IPA: /θiˈɒd ə si/

Theodicies is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 420 anagrams from letters in theodicies (cdeehiiost).

Definitions for theodicies

noun

  1. a vindication of the divine attributes, particularly holiness and justice, in establishing or allowing the existence of physical and moral evil.

Origin of theodicies

1790-1800; theo- + Greek dík(ē) justice + -y3, modeled on French théodicée, a coinage of Leibniz

Examples for theodicies

This is particularly so in the theodicy, as its many citations of theologians suggest.

His theodicy is narrow; shallow, as was the philosophy of his age.

The admission of this single truth of value is enough to raise all the time-honoured problems of ethics and theodicy.

No theology, no theodicy, has ever attributed to God this title.

Thus they presented in fact a theodicy, a rudimentary philosophy of religion.

And so, to his own and the succeeding generation, Leibniz was known as the author of the theodicy.

The work nevertheless appeared in 1710 as the Essays in theodicy.

To tell the truth,” said Mr. Gimblett, “I went to sleep at that long word, and did not awake until he was on theodicy.

This is the religious exercise known as theodicy: explaining why God allows bad things to happen to good people.

Leibnitz, in his Monadology, and more especially his theodicy, witnessed to his belief in this doctrine.

Word Value for theodicies
Scrable

17

Words with friends

16

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