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divinity

[ dih-vin-i-tee ]

noun

, plural di·vin·i·ties.
  1. the quality of being divine; divine nature.
  2. deity; godhood.
  3. a divine being; God.
  4. the Divinity, (sometimes lowercase) the Deity.
  5. a being having divine attributes, ranking below God but above humans:

    minor divinities.

  6. the study of divine things; theology.
  7. godlike character; supreme excellence.
  8. Also called divinity fudge. a fluffy white or artificially tinted fudge made usually of sugar, corn syrup, egg whites, and flavoring, often with nuts.


divinity

/ dɪˈvɪnɪtɪ /

noun

  1. the nature of a deity or the state of being divine
  2. a god or other divine being
  3. See God
    the divinity
    the divinity often capital another term for God
  4. another word for theology


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Other Words From

  • non·di·vin·i·ty noun plural nondivinities
  • pre·di·vin·i·ty noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of divinity1

First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English divinite from Anglo-French, from Latin dīvīnitās; divine, -ity

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Example Sentences

He holds a Master of Divinity from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and a Master of Theology from Emory University.

Data eclipsed God in 1973, and its continuing ascendance suggests a culture that treats it as a surrogate divinity.

No one in the industry has been doing more to push the image of pop divinity than Lana.

He considers the beauty of athleticism and wonders if it is proof of the existence of some divinity.

A show called “Richteriana,” at Postmasters gallery in New York, subjects his divinity to some modest doubt.

You may imagine the effect this missive produced upon the proud, high-minded doctor of divinity.

Philip Limborch died; a Dutch professor of divinity, and author of a history of the inquisition.

Herbert Marsh, professor of divinity in the university of Cambridge, England, died.

Frederick Spanheim died; a noted divinity professor at Leyden, and a voluminous writer.

John Laurence Berti, a learned monk of Tuscany, died; author of about 20 quarto volumes of divinity.

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