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divinity (iou)



divinity noun. ME.
[Old & mod. French divinite from Latin divinitat- (in Vulgate translating Greek theiotes and theotes), from divinus DIVINE adjective: see -ITY.]
The organized body of knowledge dealing with the nature, attributes, and governance of God or transf. gods; theology. ME.
H. H. Milman He..was versed in all the divinity of the Greeks. D. Attenborough Darwin was far from being an atheisthe had..taken a degree in divinity.
The character or quality of being God or sharing the nature of God; godhood; divine nature; deity, godhead. LME.
Day Lewis I grew up with certain assumptions..: the divinity of Christ, the assurance of eternal life.
A divine or celestial being; a god, a goddess; the Deity. LME.
fig.: Thackeray Composing a most flaming and conceited copy of verses to his divinity.
= DIVINATION 1. rare. LME-E17.
Quality, virtue, or power characteristic of or appropriate to God. E16.
Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor There is divinity in odd numbers, either in nativity, chance, or death.
More fully divinity fudge. A kind of fudge made with beaten white of egg and nuts. N. Amer. E20.
Comb.: divinity calf a dark brown calf leather with blind tooling, traditionally used for binding theological works; divinity fudge: see sense 6 above.
divinityship noun (a) the status or personality of a divinity, godship; (b) rare skill in or knowledge of divinity: L16.