divinity

English

Etymology

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From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French divinité, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin divinitas

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈvɪnɪti/

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Noun

divinity (countable and uncountable, plural divinities)

1. (uncountable) The state, position, or fact of being a god or God. [from 14th c.]
   • ante 1598, Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act V, Scene I:

     They say there is divinity in odd numbers.

2. (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. A celestial being inferior to a supreme God but superior to man.
   • 1705, George Cheyne, The Philosophical Principles of Religion Natural and Revealed, volume 1, London, page 4:

     These beings are derogatory from the wisdom and power of the author of nature, who doubtless can govern this machin he cou’d create, by more direct and easie methods, than employing these subservient divinities.

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

   Harvard Divinity School has been teaching theology since 1636.

5. A type of confectionery made with egg whites, corn syrup, and white sugar.

Synonyms

• (property of being divine): deity, godhead, godhood, godliness, godship
• (deity): See Thesaurus:god
• (study): godlore, theology

Derived terms

Terms derived from divinity

• Bachelor of Divinity
• case divinity
• divinitise, divinitize
• divinity bindings
• divinity calf, divinity-calf
• divinity fudge
• divinity hall
• divinity school
• divinityship

• Doctor of Divinity
• Ely Professorship of Divinity
• indivinity
• Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity
• Master of Divinity
• Norris-Hulse Professor of Divinity
• Regius Professorship of Divinity
• school-divinity
• systematic divinity

Related terms

See Related terms for divine

Translations

godhood, state of being God or a god

• Arabic: أُلُوهِيَّة f (ʔulūhiyya)

  Egyptian Arabic: ألوهية f (ʔuluheya)

• Belarusian: бо́скасць f (bóskascʹ)
• Bulgarian: боже́ственост f (božéstvenost)
• Catalan: deïtat f, divinitat (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 神威 (zh) (shénwēi), 神力 (zh) (shénlì), 神性 (zh) (shénxìng)

• Czech: božství n
• Danish: guddommelighed c, guddom c
• Dutch: godheid (nl) f, goddelijkheid (nl)
• Estonian: jumalus
• Finnish: jumaluus (fi)
• French: déité (fr) f, divinité (fr) f
• Galician: deidade (gl) f, divindade (gl) f
• German: Gottheit (de) f (elevated), Göttlichkeit f
• Greek: θεότητα (el) f (theótita)

  Ancient: θειότης f (theiótēs)

• Hebrew: אלוהות f (elohút)
• Italian: divinità (it) f, deità
• Japanese: 神性 (しんせい, shinsei)
• Khmer: ទេវ (km) (teivĕəʼ)
• Latin: deitas f, divinitas f
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• Macedonian: божественост f (božestvenost)
• Malay: ketuhanan, kedewaan
• Nahuatl:

  Classical: īyeliz in Dios, īyeliztzin in Dios

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: guddom m

  Nynorsk: guddom m

• Polish: boskość (pl) f, bóstwo (pl) n
• Portuguese: deidade (pt), divindade (pt) f
• Romanian: divinitate (ro) f
• Russian: боже́ственность (ru) f (božéstvennostʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: божанственост f

  Roman: božanstvenost (sh) f

• Slovak: božstvo n
• Slovene: božanskost f, božanstvo (sl) n
• Spanish: deidad (es) f, divinidad (es) f
• Tagalog: pagkabinathala
• Thai: เทพ (th) (têep)
• Ukrainian: боже́ственність (uk) f (božéstvennistʹ)

deity — see deity

study of religion or religions

• Bulgarian: богосло́вие (bg) n (bogoslóvie)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 神學／神学 (zh) (shénxué), 神学 (zh) (shénxué), 宗教學／宗教学 (zh) (zōngjiàoxué), 宗教学 (zh) (zōngjiàoxué)

• Danish: teologi (da) c
• Finnish: jumaluusoppi (fi)
• Galician: teoloxía f
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• Greek: θεολογία (el) f (theología)
• Italian: divinità (it) f, deità f
• Russian: богосло́вие (ru) n (bogoslóvije), теоло́гия (ru) f (teológija)
• Tagalog: palabathalaan

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• Telugu: ^{(please verify)} దైవత్వం (daivatvaṁ), ^{(please verify)} దివ్యత్వం (divyatvaṁ) (1)
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