exgod
nounEtymology From ex- + god.
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One who was formerly a god or revered as such.
- A tribe subjected by a stronger one often feels that its own gods are weaker, and so they are discredited, and that those of its conquerors are mighty and so they prevail. Occasionally vistors^([sic]) seem to cherish rancor against the religion of their victims, and hence many devils are really exgods, thus degraded.1911, G. Stanley Hall, Educational Problems, volume II,D, Appleton and Company, page 46:
- When next I looked up, there was another exgod at the desk. An older guy. In a toga, his hair and beard long-curled and oiled. Holy mud, it could have been Poseidon, himself . . . but was not.1998, Martin H. Greenberg, Bruce D. Arthurs, editors, Olympus, Daw, →ISBN, page 311:
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- Hex laughed and Rory started, realizing he'd been dropping his guard with the traitorous exgod.2010, Scott Mebus, The Sorcerer's Secret, Puffin Books, →ISBN: