"Supreme Being" meaning in English

See Supreme Being in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: the Supreme Being [canonical]
Etymology: By proprialization from the common noun, supreme being. Head templates: {{en-proper noun|-|def=the|head=Supreme Being}} the Supreme Being (uncountable)
  1. God: the sole god of any monotheistic religion. Tags: uncountable Synonyms: Supreme#Proper noun, ;, god
    Sense id: en-Supreme_Being-en-name-WV317ZsQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Alternative forms

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          "text": "If they are hereafter obliged to confess, that they belong to no one particular church, I shall have the consolation of teaching them that great, that primary worship which is the foundation of all others. If they do not fear God according to the tenets of any one seminary, they shall learn to worship him upon the broad scale of nature. The Supreme Being does not reside in peculiar churches or communities; he is equally the great Manitou of the woods and of the plains; and even in the gloom, the obscurity of those very woods, his justice may be as well understood and felt as in the most sumptuous temples. Each worship with us, hath, you know, its peculiar political tendency; there it has none but to inspire gratitude and truth: their tender minds shall receive no other idea of the Supreme Being, than that of the father of all men, who requires nothing more of us than what tends to make each other happy. We shall say with them, Soungwaneha, esa caurounkyawga, nughwonshauza neattewek, nesalanga.—Our father, be thy will done in earth as it is in great heaven.",
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