divinity
pronunciation
How to pronounce divinity in British English:
UK [dɪˈvɪnəti]
How to pronounce divinity in American English:
US [dɪˈvɪnəti]
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- Noun:
- any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force
- the quality of being divine
- white creamy fudge made with egg whites
- the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth
Word Origin
- divinity (n.)
- c. 1300, "science of divine things;" late 14c., "quality of being divine," also "a divine being," from Old French devinité (12c.), from Latin divinitatem (nominative divinitas), from divinus (see divine (adj.)).
Example
- 1. Lauren winner is an assistant professor at duke divinity school .
- 2. Vanderbilt 's divinity students and owen 's mba studentswould agree .
- 3. Mrs. mahler had him sent over from fordham . He was a divinity student .
- 4. She had herself depicted in portraits and statues as the universal mother divinity .
- 5. The process of self-discovery allowed me to become emotionally connected with myself , god , and my own divinity .