di·vin·i·ty

(dĭ-vĭn′ĭ-tē)

n. pl. di·vin·i·ties

1. The state or quality of being divine.

a. Divinity The godhead; God. Used with the.

b. A deity, such as a god or goddess.

3. Godlike character.

4. Theology.

5. A soft white candy, usually containing nuts.

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divinity

(dɪˈvɪnɪtɪ)

n, pl -ties

1. the nature of a deity or the state of being divine

2. a god or other divine being

3. (Theology) the divinity (often capital) another term for God

4. (Theology) another word for theology

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di•vin•i•ty

(dɪˈvɪn ɪ ti)

n., pl. -ties.

1. the quality of being divine; divine nature.

2. deity; godhood.

3. a divine being; God.

4. the Divinity, (sometimes l.c.) the Deity.

5. a being having divine attributes.

6. the study or science of divine things; theology.

7. godlike character; supreme excellence.

8. a fluffy white fudge made with sugar, egg whites, and often nuts.

[1275–1325; Middle English < Anglo-French < Latin]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	divinity - any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force deity, god, immortal pantheon - all the gods of a religion spiritual being, supernatural being - an incorporeal being believed to have powers to affect the course of human events daemon, demigod - a person who is part mortal and part god sea god - a deity that personifies the sea and is usually believed to live in or to control the sea sun god - a god that personifies the sun or is otherwise associated with the sun Celtic deity - a deity worshipped by the Celts Egyptian deity - a deity worshipped by the ancient Egyptians Semitic deity - a deity worshipped by the ancient Semites Hindu deity - a deity worshipped by the Hindus Persian deity - a deity worshiped by the ancient Persians Chinese deity - a deity worshipped by the ancient Chinese Japanese deity - a deity worshipped by the Japanese goddess - a female deity earth god, earth-god - a god of fertility and vegetation demiurge - a subordinate deity, in some philosophies the creator of the universe Graeco-Roman deity, Greco-Roman deity - a deity of classical mythology Greek deity - a deity worshipped by the ancient Greeks Roman deity - a deity worshipped by the ancient Romans Norse deity - a deity worshipped by the ancient Norsemen Teutonic deity - (German mythology) a deity worshipped by the ancient Teutons Anglo-Saxon deity - (Anglo-Saxon mythology) a deity worshipped by the Anglo-Saxons Phrygian deity - deity of the ancient Phrygians of west central Asia Minor saint - a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization god of war, war god - a god worshipped as giving victory in war snake god, zombi, zombie - a god of voodoo cults of African origin worshipped especially in West Indies
	2.	divinity - the quality of being divine; "ancient Egyptians believed in the divinity of the Pharaohs" quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare
	3.	divinity - white creamy fudge made with egg whites divinity fudge fudge - soft creamy candy
	4.	divinity - the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth theology redemption, salvation - (theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil Creation - (theology) God's act of bringing the universe into existence theology - the learned profession acquired by specialized courses in religion (usually taught at a college or seminary); "he studied theology at Oxford" limbo - (theology) in Roman Catholicism, the place of unbaptized but innocent or righteous souls (such as infants and virtuous individuals) purgatory - (theology) in Roman Catholic theology the place where those who have died in a state of grace undergo limited torment to expiate their sins divine guidance, inspiration - (theology) a special influence of a divinity on the minds of human beings; "they believe that the books of Scripture were written under divine guidance" theanthropism - (theology) the doctrine that Jesus was a union of the human and the divine foreordination, predetermination, preordination, predestination - (theology) being determined in advance; especially the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind) discipline, field of study, subject area, subject field, bailiwick, subject, field, study - a branch of knowledge; "in what discipline is his doctorate?"; "teachers should be well trained in their subject"; "anthropology is the study of human beings" angelology - the branch of theology that is concerned with angels apologetics - the branch of theology that is concerned with the defense of Christian doctrines ecclesiology - the branch of theology concerned with the nature and the constitution and the functions of a church eschatology - the branch of theology that is concerned with such final things as death and Last Judgment; Heaven and Hell; the ultimate destiny of humankind hermeneutics - the branch of theology that deals with principles of exegesis homiletics - the branch of theology that deals with sermons and homilies liturgics, liturgiology - the study of liturgies theodicy - the branch of theology that defends God's goodness and justice in the face of the existence of evil theological system, theology - a particular system or school of religious beliefs and teachings; "Jewish theology"; "Roman Catholic theology" universalist, universalistic - of or relating to or tending toward universalism fundamentalist, fundamentalistic - of or relating to or tending toward fundamentalism catechetical, catechetic - of or relating to or involving catechesis

divinity

noun

1. theology, religion, religious studies He entered university to study arts and divinity

2. godliness, holiness, sanctity, godhead, divine nature, godhood a lasting faith in the divinity of Christ's word

3. deity, spirit, genius, guardian spirit, daemon, god or goddess The three statues are Roman divinities.

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Translations

إله أو إلههأُلوهَهدِراسات اللاهوت

bohoslovíbožstvíbožstvo

guddomguddommelighedteologi

Gottheit Göttlichkeit Theologie

θεότητα

dios

divinité théologie dieu

hittudomány

guî eîa gyîjaguîdómleikiguîfræîi

divinit...divinità teologia

guddom guddommelighet teologi

bohosloviebožská podstata

ilâhilikilâhiyattanrı ya da tanrıçatanrılıkteoloji

上帝神神学神性

divinity

[dɪˈvɪnɪtɪ] N

1. (= deity, quality) → divinidad f

2. (as study) → teología f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

divinity

[dɪˈvɪnɪti] n

(= subject) → théologie f

[deity] → divinité f

(= god) → divinité f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

divinity

(= divine quality) → Göttlichkeit f

(= theology) → Theologie f; (Sch) → Religion f; doctor of divinity (Brit) → Doktor der Theologie

(= divine being) → göttliches Wesen, Gottheit f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

divinity

[dɪˈvɪnɪtɪ] n → divinità f inv; (as study) → teologia

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divine

(diˈvain) adjective

1. of or belonging to God or a god. divine wisdom.

2. very good or excellent. What divine weather!

verb

to find out by keen understanding. I managed to divine the truth.

ˌdiviˈnation (divi-) noun

diˈviner noun

a person who has or claims a special ability to find hidden water or metals.

diˈvining noun

discovering the presence of underground water, metal etc by holding a diˈvining-rod which moves when held directly above the water etc. water-divining.

diˈvinity (-ˈvi-) – plural diˈvinities – noun

1. religious studies.

2. a god or goddess. The ancient Greeks worshipped many divinities.

3. the state of being divine. the divinity of God.

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But ours is that which went by the name of Antiochia Epidaphne, from its vicinity to the little village of Daphne, where stood a temple to that divinity. It was built (although about this matter there is some dispute) by Seleucus Nicanor, the first king of the country after Alexander the Great, in memory of his father Antiochus, and became immediately the residence of the Syrian monarchy.

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The deity breathed the breath of his divinity on the Diamond in the forehead of the god.

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For divinity, maketh the love of ourselves the pattern; the love of our neighbors, but the portraiture.

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If the Deity issues a command, expresses His will, as ancient history tells us, the expression of that will is independent of time and is not caused by anything, for the Divinity is not controlled by an event.

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He is compounded of meat and wine and sparkle, of sun-mote and world- dust, a frail mechanism made to run for a span, to be tinkered at by doctors of divinity and doctors of physic, and to be flung into the scrap-heap at the end.

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Whether the priest honestly interpreted what he believed the divinity said to him, or whether he was not all the while guilty of a vile humbug, I shall not presume to decide.

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So much he profits in divinity, That shortly he was grac'd with doctor's name, Excelling all, and sweetly can dispute In th' heavenly matters of theology; Till swoln with cunning, of a self-conceit, His waxen wings did mount above his reach, And, melting, heavens conspir'd his overthrow; For, falling to a devilish exercise, And glutted now with learning's golden gifts, He surfeits upon cursed necromancy; Nothing so sweet as magic is to him, Which he prefers before his chiefest bliss: And this the man that in his study sits.

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I lived here about a year, and completed my studies in divinity; in which time some letters were received from the fathers in Aethiopia, with an account that Sultan Segued, Emperor of Abyssinia, was converted to the Church of Rome, that many of his subjects had followed his example, and that there was a great want of missionaries to improve these prosperous beginnings.

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Then it would grow lighter, and her features would become simply feminine; they had changed from those of a divinity who could confer bliss to those of a being who craved it.

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To say the truth, she had read much English divinity, and had puzzled more than one of the neighbouring curates.

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And all the Gods then laughed, and shook upon their thrones, and exclaimed: "Is it not just divinity that there are Gods, but no God?"

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It was that if the chief proof of the Divinity was His revelation of what is right, how is it this revelation is confined to the Christian church alone?

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