deicidal

English

Etymology

From deicide +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): [deɪ(j)ɪˈsaɪdəɫ]

Adjective

deicidal (comparative more deicidal, superlative most deicidal)

1. Of or pertaining to deicide.
   • 2000, Malka Hillel Shulewitz, The forgotten millions: the modern Jewish exodus from Arab lands, page 47:

     Early Christian doctrine professed that the Jews were a deicidal people, condemned by God to dispersion and suffering.

   • 2006, Rich Burlew, The Order of the Stick: No Cure for the Paladin Blues, page 275:

     "How do you like that, you deicidal maniac? Huh? HUH? Now who's so big and tough?" "Dude, don't taunt the god-killing abomination."

   • 2011, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Jerusalem: The Biography – A History of the Middle East, page 382:

     'Jerusalem overawes me' declared François-René, Vicomte de Chateaubriand, even though this 'deicidal city' was 'a heap of rubbish' with the 'confused monuments of a cemetery in the middle of a desert'.

Translations

of or pertaining to deicide

• French: déicide (fr)
• Italian: deicida