About The Word Divinity
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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 See Also | Anglo-Saxon deity | apologetics | Arhant | Arhat | bailiwick | Boddhisatva | Bodhisattva | branch of knowledge | Celtic deity | Chinese deity | daemon | demigod | demiurge | Demogorgon | discipline | earth-god | Egyptian deity | eschatology | Fates | field | field of study | fudge | god of war | goddess | Graeco-Roman deity | Greco-Roman deity | Greek deity | hermeneutics | Hindu deity | homiletics | Hypnos | Japanese deity | liturgics | liturgiology | lohan | Morpheus | Norse deity | pantheon | Persian deity | Phrygian deity | quality | Quetzalcoatl | Roman deity | saint | sea-god | Semitic deity | snake god | spiritual being | study | subject | subject area | subject field | sun-god | supernatural being | Teutonic deity | the Fates | theodicy | war god | zombi | zombie 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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