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di⋅vin⋅i⋅ty
[di-vin-i-tee] 
–noun, plural -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 or science 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. |
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| di·vin·i·ty (dĭ-vĭn'ĭ-tē) n. pl. di·vin·i·ties
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Divinity
Di*vin"i*ty\, n.; pl. Divinities. [F. divinit['e], L. divinitas. See Divine, a.]1. The state of being divine; the nature or essence of God; deity; godhead. When he attributes divinity to other things than God, it is only a divinity by way of participation. --Bp. Stillingfleet. 2. The Deity; the Supreme Being; God. This the divinity that within us. --Addison. 3. A pretended deity of pagans; a false god. Beastly divinities, and droves of gods. --Prior. 4. A celestial being, inferior to the supreme God, but superior to man. God . . . employing these subservient divinities. --Cheyne. 5. Something divine or superhuman; supernatural power or virtue; something which inspires awe. They say there is divinity in odd numbers. --Shak. There's such divinity doth hedge a king. --Shak. 6. The science of divine things; the science which treats of God, his laws and moral government, and the way of salvation; theology. Divinity is essentially the first of the professions. --Coleridge. Case divinity, casuistry.
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Language Translation for : divinity
Spanish:
teología,
German:
die Theologie,
Japanese:
神学
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