archdivinity

A chief or reigning divinity, particularly in a polytheistic system.

Noun

  1. A chief or reigning divinity, particularly in a polytheistic system.
    • One myth asserts that it was first used in designating the archdivinity of Yorubaland. - 2004, Philip M. Peek, Kwesi Yankah, African Folklore: An Encyclopedia, page 833:

Origin

From arch- + divinity.

Forms

archdivinities