Meaning

5 senses
  1. (uncountable)The state, position, or fact of being a god or God.

  2. The state, position, or fact of being a god or God.

    (countable)Synonym of deity.

    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.

  3. (countable, uncountable)A celestial being inferior to a supreme God but superior to man.

    Near-synonyms: demigod, semigod

    Gottheit, Göttlichkeit

    боже́ственностьbožéstvennostʹ

    боже́ственністьbožéstvennistʹ

  4. (uncountable)The study of religion or religions.

    I studied divinity at Harvard Divinity School.

    Theologie

    богосло́виеbogoslóvije, теоло́гияteológija

    the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth

  5. (US, countable, uncountable)A fudge-like confectionery made with egg whites, corn syrup, and white sugar.

    white creamy fudge made with egg whites

Examples

8 sentences
  1. The main problem with antitheism is its negation of my divinity.

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  2. Your life path is already all planned out by some higher divinity.

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  3. Divinity is the root of all things.

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  4. Divinity is concealed in each of us.

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  5. Pureness is next to divinity.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
godhood, state of being God or a god:
Русский
By meaning 2
godhood, state of being God or a god:
study of religion or religions:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
godhood, state of being God or a god:
study of religion or religions:

Origin

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

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

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Forms

plural: divinities
Singulardivinity
Pluraldivinities

regular

Synonyms

14 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • white creamy fudge made with egg whites:divinity fudge
  • the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth:theology
  • any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force:deitygodimmortal

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

10 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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