divinity

American  

[dih-vin-i-tee] / dɪˈvɪn ɪ ti /

noun

plural

divinities

1. the quality of being divine; divine nature.

2. deity; godhood.

3. a divine being; God.

4. (sometimes lowercase) the Divinity, the Deity.

5. a being having divine attributes, ranking below God but above humans.

   minor divinities.

6. the study of divine things; theology.

7. godlike character; supreme excellence.

8. 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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divinity British  

/ dɪˈvɪnɪtɪ /

noun

1. the nature of a deity or the state of being divine

2. a god or other divine being

3. (often capital) another term for God

4. another word for theology

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Other Word Forms

• nondivinity noun
• predivinity noun

Etymology

Origin of divinity

First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English divinite from Anglo-French, from Latin dīvīnitās; divine, -ity

Example Sentences

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

Those low, low prices on Hertz rentals, on the other hand — that’s divinity!

From Salon • Sep. 19, 2025

After graduating from the University of Texas, he earned a master’s in divinity from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and became an ordained minister.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2025

The Faith of the Seven now dominates religious life in most of Westeros as the state-sanctioned church, dividing men and women among the seven aspects of its great divinity.

From Salon • Aug. 10, 2024

But US General Douglas MacArthur had stripped him of his divinity, so now he was a man, not a god.

From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata

Related Words

• deity
• sanctity