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Divinity has 5 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

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Noun
1

any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force

"Before the storm hit, the villagers gathered to offer sacrifices to the local divinity believed to control the rains."

2

the quality of being divine

"ancient Egyptians believed in the divinity of the Pharaohs"

3

white creamy fudge made with egg whites

"After finishing their meal, they eagerly shared a scoop of warm divinity to cool down in the summer heat."

4

the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth

"The professor's lecture on divinity focused less on prayer rituals and more on analyzing how different cultures interpret divine authority."

5

The state, position, or fact of being a god or God.

"The ancient text describes ascension as the ultimate journey toward divinity."

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
spiritual being quality fudge discipline
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
daemon sea god sun god Celtic deity Egyptian deity Semitic deity Hindu deity Persian deity Chinese deity Japanese deity goddess earth-god demiurge Greco-Roman deity Greek deity Roman deity Norse deity Teutonic deity Anglo-Saxon deity Phrygian deity saint war god zombi angelology apologetics ecclesiology eschatology hermeneutics homiletics liturgics theodicy
Rhyming Words
ity pity mity city ality arity ility acity deity whity asity icity unity hoity laity amity osity inity egoity vomity
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