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Divinity

Divinity Meaning & Definition
Divinity Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Divinity?

[n] the quality of being divine; "ancient Egyptians believed in the divinity of the Pharaohs"
[n] the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth
[n] white creamy fudge made with egg whites
[n] any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force

Synonyms | Synonyms for Divinity: deity | divinity fudge | god | immortal | theology

Related Terms | Find terms related to Divinity: apologetics | Buddhology | canonics | crisis theology | dea | deity | deus | deva | devi | devil-god | dialogical theology | divineness | doctrinalism | doctrinism | dogmatics | eschatology | existential theology | false god | Fatherhood | god | goddess | godhead | godhood | godlikeness | godliness | godship | hagiography | hagiology | heathen god | hierology | idol | immortal | logos Christology | logos theology | Mariolatry | Mariology | Mercersburg theology | natural theology | neoorthodox theology | neoorthodoxy | pagan deity | patristic theology | phenomenological theology | physicotheology | rationalism | religion | scholastic theology | secularism | soteriology | systematics | the shining ones | theology

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Divinity In Webster's Dictionary

\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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