divinity
Americannoun
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the quality of being divine; divine nature.
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deity; godhood.
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a divine being; God.
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(sometimes lowercase) the Divinity, the Deity.
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a being having divine attributes, ranking below God but above humans.
minor divinities.
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the study of divine things; theology.
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godlike character; supreme excellence.
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Also called divinity fudge. a fluffy white or artificially tinted fudge made usually of sugar, corn syrup, egg whites, and flavoring, often with nuts.
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Etymology
Origin of divinity
First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English divinite from Anglo-French, from Latin dīvīnitās; see divine, -ity
Explanation
A divinity is a religious being, like a god or angel. It's also a word for the study of religion, which is studied at divinity school. If you know the word divine means holy or sacred, then you have a clue to the meaning of divinity, which can be a god or other religious being. Anything very holy is full of divinity. Divinity is also the subject of religion itself: divinity students are studying theology. But if you're not into religion, don't worry — you can still enjoy divinity, a type of white, creamy fudge made with egg whites that probably goes well with angel food cake.
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Example Sentences
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After graduating from Knox in 1964, Brown received a master of divinity degree from Yale Divinity School in 1968 and went to work in ministry.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025
In the galleries, Coltrane is divinity itself, the muse, where a muse is someone who remains silent so that you can speak for her as you wish.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2025
As such, women could access "divinity," initially the exclusive preserve of men, and the social influence that came with it, through embodying the physicality of a sometimes feminine-coded Jesus Christ.
From Salon • Aug. 10, 2024
Women could access "divinity" . . . through embodying the physicality of a sometimes feminine-coded Jesus Christ.
From Salon • Aug. 10, 2024
Not that he’d recognized its divinity at first — not in this flat rectangle wrapped in checkerboard paper; its attached clump of gray ribbon curlicues looked like the head of a mop.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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