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The following 16 entries include the term of god.
act of God
noun phrase: an extraordinary interruption by a natural cause (such as a flood or earthquake) of the usual course of events that experience, prescience, or care cannot reasonably foresee or prevent
Assembly of God
noun phrase: a congregation belonging to a Pentecostal body founded in the U.S. in 1914
man of God
noun phraseson of God
noun phrase: a superhuman or divine being (such as an angel)
Brother Hospitaler of St. John of God
: a member of a Roman Catholic religious institute founded in 1540 at Granada, Spain, and devoted especially to the care of the sick
City of God
Friend of God
: a clerical or lay mystic of a 14th century Rhenish and Swiss movement that sought holiness not in ceremonies and creeds but in a direct personal relationship with God
house of God
Lamb of God
: a figurative representation of Christ
peace of God
: the peace of heart which is the gift of God
People of God
: members of a Russian Christian sect developed in reaction to the extreme ritualism of the official church probably during the 17th century and characterized by disbelief in inspiration of written scriptures and absence of any formal ritual
Truce of God
: the cessation of hostilities between armies or individuals during part of the week (as from Wednesday evening to Monday morning) and during various holy seasons enjoined and imperfectly enforced in western Europe by the church from 1027 to as late as the 13th century compare peace of god
Word of God
for the love of God
idiom—used to give added force to an angry statement
put the fear of God into (someone)
idiom: to frighten (someone) very badly
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