divinity

CEFRC1

/dɪˈvɪnɪti/

noun

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noun
The state or quality of being a god or godlike.
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noun
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A celestial being inferior to a supreme God but superior to man.

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Harvard Divinity School has been teaching theology since 1636.
You may leave out where you live and use either initials or an alias, since gods, buddhas and other divinities look only at our hearts.
They say there is divinity in odd numbers.

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They say there is divinity in odd numbers.
a. 1598, William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor, act V, scene I
At the base of the whole process by which divinities and demons were created, and rites for their propitiation and placation established, lay Fear - fear stimulating the imagination to fantastic activity.
1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 13
These beings are derogatory from the wisdom and power of the author of nature, who doubtless can govern this machin he cou’d create, by more direct and easie methods, than employing these subservient divinities.
1705, George Cheyne, The Philosophical Principles of Religion Natural and Revealed, volume 1, London, page 4
A lot of it is food: Grits, fried green tomatoes, sweet potato pie, divinity, corn nuggets, hot tamales and crawfish are just some of the delicacies he has discussed.
2023 December 22, Rick Rojas, “Explaining the South on Instagram, One Custom at a Time”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

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From Old French divinité, from Latin divinitas. Composed of divine + -ity. Displaced native Old English godcundnes.