Usually means: Justification of God amidst evil.
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  1. theodicy: Merriam-Webster
  2. theodicy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. theodicy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. theodicy: Collins English Dictionary
  5. theodicy: Vocabulary.com
  6. Theodicy, theodicy: Wordnik
  7. theodicy: Wiktionary
  8. theodicy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. theodicy: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. theodicy: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. theodicy: Dictionary.com
  12. Theodicy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Theodicy: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. theodicy: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. theodicy: Rhymezone
  16. Theodicy: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. theodicy: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. theodicy: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  19. theodicy: FreeDictionary.org
  20. theodicy: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  21. theodicy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. theodicy: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. theodicy: Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names

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  1. theodicy: Encyclopedia

Religion (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Theodicy: Catholic Encyclopedia
  2. Glossary of spiritual and religious terms (No longer online)
  3. Postmodern Bible Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Irivng Hexham's Concise Dictionary of Religion (No longer online)

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. FOLDOP - Free On Line Dictionary Of Philosophy (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. theodicy: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (theodicy)

noun:  (theology, philosophy) A justification of a deity or of particular attributes of a deity; specifically, a justification of the existence of evil and suffering in the world; a work or discourse justifying the ways of God.

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