For the American death metal band, see Deicide Deicide is the killing of a god: either the God of a monotheistic religion, or one of the gods of a polytheistic religion. Etymology The word derives from medieval Latin dei- ("god"), and -cida, from the verb caedere ("to cut down"). As with some other words that share the same suffix - suicide, homicide, patricide, etc. -the word can refer either to the act or to the person who commits the act. In Christianity Historical cases of deicide Several historical rulers were considered gods in their lifetime and killing them was therefore considered to be deicide. The list of such 'gods' includes Caligula. More recently, His late Majesty King Dipendra commited two counts of deicide since a king of Nepal is ex officio to be considered as a god: both his killing of his father King Birendra and his killing of himself (

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