divinity school
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of divinity school
First recorded in 1545–55
Example Sentences
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Corné J. Bekker, dean of the divinity school at Regent University in Virginia Beach, said Mr. Jeffress is not alone among those now pivoting to preaching about prophecy.
From Washington Times • Oct. 26, 2023
Curtis Chang, a divinity school professor who last year launched the Christians and the Vaccine project, said the repulsion among evangelicals to vaccines is multilayered — and in some ways new.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 3, 2021
After her marriage broke down, she returned to Kingston as a single mother and enrolled in divinity school.
From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2019
In divinity school I learned that a priest represents God to his congregation and represents his congregation to God.
From Washington Post • Aug. 16, 2018
Someone spread the story years ago, when he first appeared around college from wherever he came from, that he was a graduate of the divinity school.
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
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