divinity

[Di*vinĀ·i*ty]

A divinity is a religious being, like a god or angel. It's also a word for the study of religion, which is studied at divinity school.

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The state of being divine; the nature or essence of God; deity; godhead.

Noun
the quality of being divine; "ancient Egyptians believed in the divinity of the Pharaohs"

Noun
the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth

Noun
white creamy fudge made with egg whites

Noun
any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force


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The state of being divine; the nature or essence of God; deity; godhead.

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The Deity; the Supreme Being; God.

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A pretended deity of pagans; a false god.

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A celestial being, inferior to the supreme God, but superior to man.

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Something divine or superhuman; supernatural power or virtue; something which inspires awe.

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The science of divine things; the science which treats of God, his laws and moral government, and the way of salvation; theology.


Divinity

Di*vin"i*ty , n.; pl. Divinities . [F. divinit'82, 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.
2. The Deity; the Supreme Being; God.
This the divinity that within us.
3. A pretended deity of pagans; a false god.
Beastly divinities, and droves of gods.
4. A celestial being, inferior to the supreme God, but superior to man.
God . . . employing these subservient divinities.
5. Something divine or superhuman; supernatural power or virtue; something which inspires awe.
They say there is divinity in odd numbers.
There's such divinity doth hedge a king.
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.
ase divinity, casuistry.

The state of being divine; the nature or essence of God; deity; godhead.

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Usage Examples

After all, it is the divinity within that makes the divinity without and I have been more fascinated by a woman of talent and intelligence, though deficient in personal charms, than I have been by the most regular beauty.

From the simple stringing together of lemon garlands for the goddess Durga, to dividing the prasadam or blessed foods for the children first, I came to associate food not only with feminity, but also with purity and divinity.

Life is a culmination of the past, an awareness of the present, an indication of a future beyond knowledge, the quality that gives a touch of divinity to matter.

Scholastic learning and polemical divinity retarded the growth of all true knowledge.

A physician's physiology has much the same relation to his power of healing as a cleric's divinity has to his power of influencing conduct.

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Other Usage Examples

Nature is full of genius, full of the divinity so that not a snowflake escapes its fashioning hand.

The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself and can never be erased.

Mine is just a simple old human story - of one person trying, with great rigor and discipline, to comprehend her personal relationship with divinity.

In our romantic groves I adored her like a divinity.

Even if I accepted that Jesus - like almost every other prophet on record - was born of a virgin, I cannot think that this proves the divinity of his father or the truth of his teachings. The same would be true if I accepted that he had been resurrected.

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