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1 ♦ god
♦ god /gɒd/n.1 dio ( anche fig.); iddio; divinità pagana; idolo: the god of wine, il dio del vino; Bacco; Wealth is their only god, la ricchezza è il loro solo dio2 [u] – (relig.) God, Dio; Iddio: the Lord God, il Signore Iddio; Almighty God, Dio Onnipotente; God the Father, Dio Padre; to pray (to) God, pregare Iddio; God willing, se Dio lo vuole; a Dio piacendo; God ( only) knows!, Dio (solo) lo sa; lo sa Iddio!; to believe in God, credere in Dio; to swear to God, giurare su Dio3 (pl.) (teatr.) the gods, il loggione; ( anche) gli spettatori del loggione, i loggionisti: a seat in the gods, un posto in loggione● (arc.) God's acre, il camposanto; il cimitero □ (pop.) god-awful, orrendo, orribile, bruttissimo □ God's book, la Bibbia □ ( slang USA) God-box, chiesa; organo ( di chiesa) □ god-fearing, timorato di Dio; devoto; pio □ God forbid!, Dio non voglia! □ god-forsaken, ( di persona) malvagio, cattivo; ( di luogo) abbandonato da Dio, desolato □ God's truth, l'assoluta verità □ by God!, per Dio!; perdio! □ a feast for the gods, un banchetto degno degli dei □ for God's sake, per amor di Dio □ to play God, fare il padreterno □ a sight for the gods, uno spettacolo divino □ thank God!, grazie a Dio! □ to be with God, essere in paradiso □ (fam. antiq.) ye gods ( and little fishes)!, buon Dio! □ (leg.: formula asseverativa) I swear to tell the truth, so help me God!, in nome di Dio, giuro di dire la verità!
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God's Acre — is the traditional name given to the graveyards of Congregations of the Moravian Church. The first was at Herrnhut Saxony in Germany, the Moravian Mother Congregation. The name comes from the symbolic gesture of the bodies of the Moravian dead… … Wikipedia
God's acre — Acre A cre, n. [OE. aker, AS. [ae]cer; akin to OS. accar, OHG. achar, Ger. acker, Icel. akr, Sw. [*a]ker, Dan. ager, Goth. akrs, L. ager, Gr. ?, Skr. ajra. [root]2, 206.] 1. Any field of arable or pasture land. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. A piece of … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
God's acre — God God (g[o^]d), n. [AS. god; akin to OS. & D. god, OHG. got, G. gott, Icel. gu[eth], go[eth], Sw. & Dan. gud, Goth. gup, prob. orig. a p. p. from a root appearing in Skr. h[=u], p. p. h[=u]ta, to call upon, invoke, implore. [root]30. Cf.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
God's acre — n. a burial ground, esp. one in a churchyard … English World dictionary
God’s acre — n. a cemetery. □ When I end up in God’s acre, I want everything to go on without me. □ They’re planting somebody new in God’s acre … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
God's acre — God s′ a′cre n. a churchyard • Etymology: 1610–20; trans. of G Gottesacker … From formal English to slang
God's acre — archaic a churchyard. → God … English new terms dictionary
God's acre — noun Date: 1617 churchyard … New Collegiate Dictionary
God's acre — a cemetery, esp. one adjacent to a church; churchyard. [1610 20; trans. of G Gottesacker] * * * … Universalium
God's acre — noun A Christian place of burial; a churchyard … Wiktionary
god's acre — graveyard of a church, cemetery … English contemporary dictionary