ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

pillory, stocks, whipping post; cucking stool † , ducking stool; brank † ; trebuchet † ,
trebuket † .
[instruments of torture: list], triangle, wooden horse, iron maiden, thumbscrew, boot,
rack, wheel, iron heel; chinese water torture.
treadmill, crank, galleys.
scaffold; block, ax, guillotine; stake; cross; gallows, gibbet, tree, drop, noose, rope,
halter, bowstring; death chair, electric chair; gas chamber; lethal injection; firing squad;
mecate † .
house of correction &c (prison) 752.
goaler, jailer; executioner; electrocutioner † ; lyncher; hangman; headsman † ; Jack
Ketch.
SECTION V.
RELIGIOUS AFFECTIONS
1. SUPERHUMAN BEINGS AND REGIONS
976. Deity -- N. Deity, Divinity; Godhead, Godship † ; Omnipotence, Providence; Heaven
(metonymically).
[Quality of being divine] divineness † , divinity.
God, Lord, Jehovah, Jahweh, Allah † ; The Almighty, The Supreme Being, The First
Cause, the Prime Mover; Ens Entium [Lat.]; Author of all things, Creator of all things;
Author of our being; Cosmoplast † ; El; The Infinite, The Eternal; The All-powerful, The
All-wise, The All-merciful, The All-holy.
[Attributes and perfections] infinite power, infinite wisdom, infinite goodness, infinite
justice, infinite truth, infinite mercy; omnipotence, omniscience, omnipresence; unity,
immutability, holiness, glory, majesty, sovereignty, infinity, eternity.
The Trinity, The Holy Trinity, The Trinity in Unity, The Triune God, God the Father
Son and Holy Ghost.
God the Father; The Maker, The Creator, The Preserver.
[Functions] creation, preservation, divine government; Theocracy, Thearchy † ;
providence; ways of Providence, dealings of Providence, dispensations of Providence,
visitations of Providence.
[Christian God: second person] God the Son, Jesus, Christ; The Messiah, The
Anointed, The Saviour, the Redeemer, The Mediator, The Intercessor, The Advocate,
The Judge; The Son of God, The Son of Man, The Son of David; The Lamb of God, The
Word; Logos; Emmanuel; Immanuel; The King of Kings and Lord of Lords, The King of
Glory, The Prince of Peace, The Good Shepherd, The Way, The Truth, The Life, The
Bread of Life, The Light of the World; The Lord our, The Sun of Righteousness; The
Pilot of the Galilean lake [Milton].
The Incarnation, The Hypostatic Union.
[Functions] salvation, redemption, atonement, propitiation, mediation, intercession,
judgment.
[Christian God: third person] God the Holy Ghost, The Holy Spirit, Paraclete
[Theo.]; The Comforter, The Spirit of Truth, The Dove.
[Functions] inspiration, unction, regeneration, sanctification, consolation.