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The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself; and can never be erased.
Alexander Hamilton

Meaning of "divinity" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DIVINITY

divinity  [dɪˈvɪnɪtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DIVINITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Divinity is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DIVINITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

divinity

Divinity

In religious terms, divinity is the state of things that come from a supernatural power or deity, such as a god, or spirit beings, and are therefore regarded as sacred and holy. Such things are regarded as "divine" due to their transcendental origins, and/or because their attributes or qualities are superior or supreme relative to things of the Earth. Divine things are regarded as eternal and based in truth, while material things are regarded as ephemeral and based in illusion. Such things that may qualify as "divine" are apparitions, visions, prophecies, miracles, and in some views also the soul, or more general things like resurrection, immortality, grace, and salvation. Otherwise what is or is not divine may be loosely defined, as it is used by different belief systems. The root of the word "divine" is literally "godlike", but the use varies significantly depending on which deity is being discussed. This article outlines the major distinctions in the conventional use of the terms. For specific related academic terms, see Divinity, or Divine.

Definition of divinity in the English dictionary

The definition of divinity in the dictionary is the nature of a deity or the state of being divine. Other definition of divinity is a god or other divine being.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DIVINITY


affinity
əˈfɪnɪtɪ
alkalinity
ˌælkəˈlɪnɪtɪ
asininity
ˌæsɪˈnɪnɪtɪ
bovinity
bəʊˈvɪnɪtɪ
concinnity
kənˈsɪnɪtɪ
consanguinity
ˌkɒnsæŋˈɡwɪnɪtɪ
crystallinity
ˌkrɪstəˈlɪnɪtɪ
exsanguinity
ˌɪksæŋˈɡwɪnɪtɪ
felinity
fɪˈlɪnɪtɪ
femininity
ˌfɛmɪˈnɪnɪtɪ
feminity
fɛˈmɪnɪtɪ
infinity
ɪnˈfɪnɪtɪ
Latinity
ləˈtɪnɪtɪ
masculinity
ˌmæskjʊˈlɪnɪtɪ
peregrinity
ˌpɛrɪˈɡrɪnɪtɪ
salinity
səˈlɪnɪtɪ
sanguinity
sæŋˈɡwɪnɪtɪ
trinity
ˈtrɪnɪtɪ
vicinity
vɪˈsɪnɪtɪ
virginity
vəˈdʒɪnɪtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DIVINITY

divine right of kings
divine service
divinely
divineness
diviner
divineress
diving
diving beetle
diving bell
diving board
diving dress
diving duck
diving suit
divinify
divining rod
divinisation
divinise
divinities
divinization
divinize

WORDS THAT END LIKE DIVINITY

aminity
aquilinity
Blessed Trinity
caninity
chlorinity
Christianity
clandestinity
community
convicinity
electron affinity
equinity
Holy Trinity
humanity
hypersalinity
inquilinity
opportunity
saccharinity
the divinity
unity
vanity

Synonyms and antonyms of divinity in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DIVINITY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «divinity» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of divinity

Translation of «divinity» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DIVINITY

Find out the translation of divinity to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of divinity from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «divinity» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

神学
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

divinidad
570 millions of speakers

English

divinity
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

देवत्व
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الألوهية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

божественность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

divindade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দেবত্ব
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

théologie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ketuhanan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Theologie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

宗教学
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

신학
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ketuhanan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thiên tính
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தெய்வீகத்தன்மை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

देवत्व
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ilahiyat
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

teologia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

boskość
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

божественність
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

divinitate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

θεότητα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

goddelikheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gudomlighet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

guddommelighet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of divinity

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DIVINITY»

The term «divinity» is quite widely used and occupies the 24.743 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DIVINITY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about divinity

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10 QUOTES WITH «DIVINITY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word divinity.
1
Bruce Barton
If you have anything really valuable to contribute to the world it will come through the expression of your own personality, that single spark of divinity that sets you off and makes you different from every other living creature.
2
Anne Boyd
In our romantic groves I adored her like a divinity.
3
Phillips Brooks
Jesus Christ, the condescension of divinity, and the exaltation of humanity.
4
Samuel Butler
A physician's physiology has much the same relation to his power of healing as a cleric's divinity has to his power of influencing conduct.
5
Alan Cohen
Great masters neither want nor need your worship. Your greatest gift to them and yourself is to emulate their divinity by claiming it as your own.
6
Elizabeth Dole
We believe in the dignity of every life, the possibility of every mind, the divinity of every soul. This is our true North.
7
Charles Eastman
Among us all men were created sons of God and stood erect, as conscious of their divinity.
8
James E. Faust
Femininity is part of the God-given divinity within each of you. It is your incomparable power and influence to do good. You can, through your supernal gifts, bless the lives of children, women, and men. Be proud of your womanhood. Enhance it. Use it to serve others.
9
Elizabeth Gilbert
Mine is just a simple old human story - of one person trying, with great rigor and discipline, to comprehend her personal relationship with divinity.
10
Alexander Hamilton
The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself; and can never be erased.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DIVINITY»

Discover the use of divinity in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to divinity and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Live Your Divinity: Inspirations for New Consciousness
Many believe that Adamus SaintGermain is here today to teach us about new consciousness and new energy. In Live Your Divinity, the wisdom of Adamus comes through loud and clear in the plaintalking voice of Geoffrey Hoppe.
Adamus Saint-Germain, Geoffrey Hoppe, Linda Hoppe, 2012
2
Gandhi: behind the mask of divinity
Unfortunately, the body of literature about Gandhi is of such immense proportion that to wade through it to find the real Gandhi - the man in his own words, as well as in the words of those closest to him - is an almost impossible task.".
G. B. Singh, 2004
3
Divinity of Doubt: The God Question
Now, in the most controversial book of his celebrated career, he turns his incomparable prosecutorial eye on the greatest target of all: God.
Vincent Bugliosi, 2011
4
The Divinity of Dogs: True Stories of Miracles Inspired by ...
The stories that make up The Divinity of Dogs provide hope, help, and healing for readers in the complex and difficult times in which we live.
Jennifer Skiff, 2012
5
A Case for the Divinity of Jesus: Examining the Earliest ...
Dean L. Overman examines the earliest Christian records to build a compelling case for the divinity of Jesus.
Dean L. Overman, 2009
6
Divinity: A Portrait of Human Spirituality
In this book, you will find 1361 citations and quotations from nine different spiritual scriptures in an assorted order, some containing multiple teachings in themselves, and if you are a spiritually conscious, lover of wisdom or otherwise ...
Henry M. Piironen, 2010
7
Essayes in Divinity: Being Several Disquisitions Interwoven ...
In this new edition of Donne's Essayes in Divinity Anthony Raspa demonstrates how Donne reconciles the destiny of Christians, who arose out of divine creation, with the turbulent state of the Renaissance world.
John Donne, Anthony Raspa, 2001
8
Pedlar in Divinity: George Whitefield and the Transatlantic ...
In this fresh interpretation of Whitefield and his age, Frank Lambert focuses not so much on the evangelist's oratorical skills as on the marketing techniques that he borrowed from his contemporaries in the commercial world.
Frank Lambert, 2002
9
Nature and Divinity in Plato's Timaeus
Sarah Broadie's rich and compelling study proposes new interpretations of major elements of the Timaeus, including the separate Demiurge, the cosmic 'beginning', the 'second mixing', the Receptacle and the Atlantis story.
Sarah Broadie, 2011
10
Desire, Violence & Divinity in Modern Southern Fiction: ...
In this study, Gary M. Ciuba examines how four of the South's most probing writers of twentieth-century fiction - Katherine Anne Porter, Flannery O'Connor, Cormac McCarthy, and Walker Percy - expose the roots of violence in southern culture ...
Gary M. Ciuba, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DIVINITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term divinity is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Dildos and a Beckett Novel
When I talked about leaving a space for divinity to rush in, I didn't mean creating an invisible chastity belt. It's more like asking: why do you pray ... «Daily Beast, Jul 15»
2
Pope arrives in Bolivia amid church-state tensions
That doesn't square with the Bolivian church hierarchy, which in a 2012 pastoral letter called school texts that refer to Pachamama as a divinity "erroneous and a ... «WHDH-TV, Jul 15»
3
HISD: Teacher arrested on campus, charged with online solicitation
According to the school website, Schaloff has degrees in education and biblical studies, as well as a master's of divinity from South Western ... «KTRK-TV, Jul 15»
4
Tech-savvy divinity
Lord Balaji is the most hard working god – he is up for 23 hours, all seven days a week. Technology and religion are as different as chalk and ... «Deccan Herald, Jul 15»
5
James Dunn, Baptist champion of religious freedom, dies at 83
Bill Leonard, a long-time friend and founding dean of the School of Divinity, said Dunn celebrated his 83 rd birthday just a few weeks ago ... «Winston-Salem Journal, Jul 15»
6
Funeral Horse Releasing New Album "Divinity For The Wicked"
Fuzzy, psychedelic stoner rock band Funeral Horse is soon returning with a new album, and today you can also stream the song "Underneath ... «Metal Underground, Jul 15»
7
How Divinity: Original Sin came to home consoles
If you're not a fantasy RPG nut, you may not be familiar with the Divinity games. Regardless of its relative obscurity compared to the triple-A ... «Red Bull, Jul 15»
8
Beeson Divinity School names new associate dean
Grant Taylor.JPG Grant D. Taylor has been appointed as associate dean of Beeson Divinity School of Samford University, effective July 1. «AL.com, Jul 15»
9
The Many Faces of Wiccan Divinity
This article was inspired by the conversation that happened in the comments of 6 Things Neo-Pagans Could Learn from Polytheists. It is easy ... «Patheos, Jul 15»
10
'Ram naam' is Faisal's link with divinity
ALLAHABAD: Faisal Khan is an ardent Muslim. He religiously observes Roza during the holy month of Ramzan. In free time, he writes the ... «Times of India, Jul 15»

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