Meaning

3 senses
  1. One skilled in divinity; a theologian.

    богосло́вbogoslóv

    богосло́вbohoslóv, тео́логteóloh

  2. A minister of the gospel; a priest; a clergyman.

  3. (capitalized, often)God or a god, particularly in its aspect as a transcendental concept.

More definitions
  • a clergyman or other person in religious orders
  • terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God

Examples

87 sentences
  1. What divine weather!

    Яка божественна погода! — deniko

    ruКакая божественная погода! — odexed

  2. What is more divine than reason?

    deWas ist göttlicher als die Vernunft? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. The chosen people lost the divine elections.

  4. Human religion is more open than the divine religion.

    ruЧеловеческая религия более открыта, чем божественная. — Monroe

  5. The man of wisdom sees the divine substance in everything.

Translations

3 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
theologian, cleric:
Русский
By meaning 1
theologian, cleric:

Origin

From Old French divin, from Latin dīvīnus (“of a god”), from divus (“god”). Displaced nati

From Old French divin, from Latin dīvīnus (“of a god”), from divus (“god”). Displaced native Old English godcund.

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Forms

plural: divines
Singulardivine
Pluraldivines

regular

Synonyms

15 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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