name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
divinity
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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UK: /dɪˈvɪnɪti/
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rhymes with -ɪnɪti
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CMU ARPABET: D IH0 V IH1 N AH0 T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The state, position, or fact of being a god or God.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
Synonym of deity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Examples
- 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.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: deity
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A celestial being inferior to a supreme God but superior to man.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 5
The study of religion or religions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Examples
- Harvard Divinity School has been teaching theology since 1636.
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noun
Meaning 6
A type of confectionery made with egg whites, corn syrup, and white sugar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 7
the quality of being divine
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- ancient Egyptians believed in the divinity of the Pharaohs
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Broader terms: quality
noun
Meaning 8
the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: theology
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: discipline, subject, subject area, subject field, field, field of study, study, bailiwick
Narrower terms: angelology, apologetics, ecclesiology, eschatology, hermeneutics, homiletics, liturgics, liturgiology, theodicy
noun
Meaning 9
white creamy fudge made with egg whites
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: divinity fudge
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fudge
noun
Meaning 10
any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: deity, god, immortal
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: spiritual being, supernatural being
Narrower terms: daemon, demigod, sea god, sun god, Celtic deity, Egyptian deity, Semitic deity, Hindu deity, Persian deity, Chinese deity, Japanese deity, goddess, earth-god, earth god, demiurge, Greco-Roman deity, Graeco-Roman deity, Greek deity, Roman deity, Norse deity, Teutonic deity, Anglo-Saxon deity, Phrygian deity, saint, war god, god of war, zombi, zombie, snake god, Demogorgon, Hypnos, Morpheus, Bodhisattva, Boddhisatva, Arhat, Arhant, lohan, Quetzalcoatl
History
Etymology
From Old French divinité, from Latin divinitas. Composed of divine + -ity. Displaced native Old English godcundnes.
Across languages
Translations
83 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: أُلُوهِيَّة (ʔulūhiyya) — godhood, state of being God or a god
- Arabic: ألوهية (ʔuluheya) — godhood, state of being God or a god
- Azerbaijani: ilahilik — godhood, state of being God or a god
- Azerbaijani: ülviyyət — godhood, state of being God or a god
- Belarusian: бо́скасць (bóskascʹ) — godhood, state of being God or a god
- Bulgarian: боже́ственост (božéstvenost) — godhood, state of being God or a god
- Catalan: deïtat — godhood, state of being God or a god
- Catalan: divinitat — godhood, state of being God or a god
- Chinese Mandarin: 神威 (shénwēi) — godhood, state of being God or a god
- Chinese Mandarin: 神力 (shénlì) — godhood, state of being God or a god
- Chinese Mandarin: 神性 (shénxìng) — godhood, state of being God or a god
- Czech: božství — godhood, state of being God or a god
- Danish: guddommelighed — godhood, state of being God or a god
- Danish: guddom — godhood, state of being God or a god
- Dutch: godheid — godhood, state of being God or a god
- Dutch: goddelijkheid — godhood, state of being God or a god
- Esperanto: dieco — godhood, state of being God or a god
- Estonian: jumalus — godhood, state of being God or a god
- Finnish: jumaluus — godhood, state of being God or a god
- French: déité — godhood, state of being God or a god
- French: divinité — godhood, state of being God or a god
- Galician: deidade — godhood, state of being God or a god
- Galician: divindade — godhood, state of being God or a god
- German: Gottheit — godhood, state of being God or a god
- German: Göttlichkeit — godhood, state of being God or a god
- Greek: θεότητα (theótita) — godhood, state of being God or a god
- Ancient Greek: θεότης (theótēs) — godhood, state of being God or a god
- Hebrew: אלוהות (elohút) — godhood, state of being God or a god
- Hindi: दिव्यता (divyatā) — godhood, state of being God or a god
- Hindi: देवत्व (devatva) — godhood, state of being God or a god
- Hungarian: isteni jelleg/mivolt — godhood, state of being God or a god
- Italian: divinità — godhood, state of being God or a god
- Italian: deità — godhood, state of being God or a god
- Japanese: 神性 (shinsei) — godhood, state of being God or a god
- Khmer: ទេវ (teivĕəʼ) — godhood, state of being God or a god
- Latin: deitas — godhood, state of being God or a god
- Latin: divinitas — godhood, state of being God or a god
- Macedonian: божественост (božestvenost) — godhood, state of being God or a god
- Macedonian: божество (božestvo) — godhood, state of being God or a god
- Malay: ketuhanan — godhood, state of being God or a god
- Malay: kedewaan — godhood, state of being God or a god
- Classical Nahuatl: īyeliz in Dios — godhood, state of being God or a god
- Classical Nahuatl: īyeliztzin in Dios — godhood, state of being God or a god
- Norwegian Bokmål: guddom — godhood, state of being God or a god
- Norwegian Nynorsk: guddom — godhood, state of being God or a god
- Old English: godcundnes — godhood, state of being God or a god
- Polish: boskość — godhood, state of being God or a god
- Polish: bóstwo — godhood, state of being God or a god
- Portuguese: deidade — godhood, state of being God or a god
- Portuguese: divindade — godhood, state of being God or a god
- Romanian: divinitate — godhood, state of being God or a god
- Russian: боже́ственность (božéstvennostʹ) — godhood, state of being God or a god
- Sanskrit: देवता (devatā) — godhood, state of being God or a god
- Serbo-Croatian: божанственост — godhood, state of being God or a god
- Serbo-Croatian: božanstvenost — godhood, state of being God or a god
- Slovak: božstvo — godhood, state of being God or a god
- Slovene: božanskost — godhood, state of being God or a god
- Slovene: božanstvo — godhood, state of being God or a god
- Spanish: deidad — godhood, state of being God or a god
- Spanish: divinidad — godhood, state of being God or a god
- Tagalog: pagkabinathala — godhood, state of being God or a god
- Thai: เทวภาพ — godhood, state of being God or a god
- Ottoman Turkish: لاهوت (lahut) — godhood, state of being God or a god
- Ukrainian: боже́ственність (božéstvennistʹ) — godhood, state of being God or a god
- Urdu: الوہیت (ulūhiyat) — godhood, state of being God or a god
- Arabic: إِلَٰهِيَّة (ʔilāhiyya) — study of religion or religions
- Azerbaijani: ilahiyyat — study of religion or religions
- Bulgarian: богосло́вие (bogoslóvie) — study of religion or religions
- Chinese Mandarin: 神學 /神学 (shénxué) — study of religion or religions
- Chinese Mandarin: 宗教學 /宗教学 (zōngjiàoxué) — study of religion or religions
- Danish: teologi — study of religion or religions
- Finnish: jumaluusoppi — study of religion or religions
- Galician: teoloxía — study of religion or religions
- German: Theologie — study of religion or religions
- Greek: θεολογία (theología) — study of religion or religions
- Hungarian: hittudomány — study of religion or religions
- Hungarian: teológia — study of religion or religions
- Italian: divinità — study of religion or religions
- Italian: deità — study of religion or religions
- Russian: богосло́вие (bogoslóvije) — study of religion or religions
- Russian: теоло́гия (teológija) — study of religion or religions
- Tagalog: palabathalaan — study of religion or religions
- Turkish: ilahiyat — study of religion or religions
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