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deicide [ˈdiːɪˌsaɪd]
n
1. the act of killing a god
2. a person who kills a god
[from ecclesiastical Latin deicida, from Latin deus god; see -cide]
deicidal  adj

deicide
1. the killing of a god.
2. the killer of a god. — deicidal, adj.
See also: God and Gods


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A people of both the monotheistic promise and the theological curse, Abrahamic insiders yet deicidal outsiders, Jews experienced the paradox of nationhood without physical territory until 1948.
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