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divinity Definition

di·vin·ity (də vin′ə tē)

noun pl. divinities -·ties

  1. the quality or condition of being divine
  2. a divine being; a god; deity
  3. a divine power, virtue, etc.
  4. the study of religion; theology
  5. ☆ a soft, creamy kind of candy

Etymology: ME & OFr divinite < L divinitas < divinus

divinity Idioms

the Divinity

God
divinity Synonyms

divinity

n.

deity, godhead, higher power, sacredness; see god 1, holiness 2.

divinity Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • man: The rejection of the divinity of man has led to the rejection of his humanity.

Converse of object

  • affirm: This was followed in 381 by the Council of Constantinople which affirmed the full divinity of the Holy Spirit.
  • deny: Which is why wrong living must always go with wrong belief: these men deny the divinity of Jesus.
  • imply: The interpretation of a name is clearly different from a title given which itself implied divinity, as per Lev.
  • attribute: Can Unity be a basis for attributing divinity to the whole?
  • prove: These Gospel words prove the Divinity of the Son.

Adjective modifier

  • supreme: For the Inka, gold was construed as the " sweat of the sun " , associated with the supreme male solar divinity.
  • female: With goddess workshops and books devoted to female divinity, there are plenty of ways you can tap into this compassionate and loving power.
  • true: So, giving Mary this title is affirming the full and true divinity of Jesus, the Christ.
  • own: Would he have prayed toward Mecca, fasted at Ramadan, recited the Creed or indeed denied his own divinity?
  • full: These liberals also tended to throw doubt on the full divinity of Jesus.

Modifies a noun

  • micro: Holiday can aid to providing parents end-user has in the divinity micro.
  • faculty: Could you reflect a bit on the recent evolution of the divinity faculty at Cambridge?
  • class: The grammar schools in the diocese of St David's lost their divinity classes immediately.
  • student: I am reminded of medieval Divinity students discussing the number of Angels who can dance on a pin head!
  • school: Beside, what kind of future is there for an atheist going to divinity school?
  • course: At the close of his Divinity course he gained the BD degree, and the Black Fellowship as the first student of his year.

Preposition: in

  • way: All we can say with complete assurance is that his divinity in no way altered his humanity.
divinity Quotes

Martin Luther†was enforced to awake all antiquityand to call former times to his succour to make a party against the present time, so that the ancient authors both in divinityand in humanity which had long time slept in libraries began generally to be read and revolved.

—Bacon, Francis,Viscount St Albans

An quicquam melius amicas divinitas mortalibus concesserit nescio. I do not know if the divinity has provided mortals with anything better than friends.

—Gerbert later Pope Sylvester II

If the idea of society were extinguished in individual minds and the beliefs, traditions and aspirations of the group were no longer felt and shared by individuals, society would die.We can say of it what we just said of divinity: it is real only in so far as it has a place in the human consciousness, and this place is whatever we may give it.

—Durkheim, EŁ  mile

When we run over libraries, persuaded of these principles, what havoc must we make? If we take in our hand any volume; of divinity or school metaphysics, for instance; let us ask, Does it contain any abstract reasoning concerning quantity or number? No. Does it contain any experimental reasoning concerning matter of fact or existence? No.Commit itthen tothe flames: for it can contain nothing but sophistry and illusion.

—Humboldt, Alexander, Baron von

It must be soöPlato, thou reason'st well!ö Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality? Or whence this secret dread, and inward horror, Of falling into naught? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us; 'Tis heaven itself, that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. Eternity! thou pleasing, dreadful thought!

—Addison,Joseph

Whilst I study to find how I am a microcosm of little world,I find myself something more than the great. There is surelya piece of divinity in us; something that was before the elements, and owes no homage unto the sun.

—Browne, SirThomas

Nothing is accidental in the universeöthis is one of my Laws of Physicsöexceptthe entire universeitself, which is Pure Accident, pure divinity.

—Myles na Gopaleen

The first sense he had of God was when he was eleven years oldat Chigwell being retired intoa chamberalone: he was so suddenly surprised with a sense of inward comfort and (as he thought) an external glory in the room that he had many times said that from thence he has the Seal of Divinityand Immortality, that there was a God and thatthesoul of manwas capable ofenjoying his divine communications.

—Aubrey,John

What is divinity if it can come Only in silent shadows and in dreams?

—Stevens,Wallace