divinity
UK/dɪˈvɪnɪti//dɪˈvɪnɪti/
divinity noun: the state, position, or fact of being a god or God.
Noun
divinity (countable and uncountable, plural divinities)
- The state, position, or fact of being a god or God.
- They say there is divinity in odd numbers.a. 1598, William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor, act V, scene I
- Antonyms:
- indivinity, nondivinity
- Synonym of deity.
- 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.
- At the base of the whole process by which divinities and demons were created, and rites for their propitiation and placation established, lay Fear - fear stimulating the imagination to fantastic activity.1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 13
- A celestial being inferior to a supreme God but superior to man.
- Near-synonyms: demigod, semigod
- These beings are derogatory from the wisdom and power of the author of nature, who doubtless can govern this machin he cou’d create, by more direct and easie methods, than employing these subservient divinities.1705, George Cheyne, The Philosophical Principles of Religion Natural and Revealed, volume 1, London, page 4
- The study of religion or religions.
- I studied divinity at Harvard Divinity School.
- A fudge-like confectionery made with egg whites, corn syrup, and white sugar.
- A lot of it is food: Grits, fried green tomatoes, sweet potato pie, divinity, corn nuggets, hot tamales and crawfish are just some of the delicacies he has discussed.2023 December 22, Rick Rojas, “Explaining the South on Instagram, One Custom at a Time”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
Proper noun capitalized: Divinity
Divinity
- A surname.
divinity meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
divinity in Hindi
- godhood, state of being God or a god
- दिव्यता divyatā, देवत्व devatva
divinity in Tamil
- இறைமை, திவ்வியம், தெய்வதம்
divinity in Marathi
- दिव्यता
divinity in Urdu
- godhood, state of being God or a god
- الوہیت ulūhiyat
More languagesFewer languages
- divinity in Bengali
- দেবত্ব
- divinity in Telugu
- దైవత్వం, దివ్యత్వం
- divinity in Malayalam
- ഈശ്വരത്വം, ദിവ്യത്വം, വേദാന്തശാസ്ത്രം
- divinity in Kannada
- ದೈವತ್ವ, ದಿವ್ಯತೆ, ದೇವರು, ದೇವತೆ
- divinity in Gujarati
- દેવત્વ, દિવ્યતા
- divinity in Odia
- ବିଭୂତି bibhuti, ବ୍ୟାପ୍ତି byāpti
- divinity in Sanskrit
- देवता devatā
- divinity in Nepali
- दिव्यता
- divinity in Tagalog
- pagkabinathala, palabathalaan
- divinity in Arabic
- أُلُوهِيَّة ʔulūhiyya, إِلَٰهِيَّة ʔilāhiyya
- divinity in Malay
- ketuhanan, kedewaan
- divinity in Thai
- เทวภาพ
Examples of divinity in a sentence
- Divinity, history and geography are studied for two schools per week.
- In fact, the star-gods show the divinity of the cosmos in their choral dances every single night.
- Woolf makes subjective even her statement that human affairs are subjective; Russell sparringly equates mathematics with divinity.
Synonyms of divinity
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Antonyms
Forms of divinity
| plural | divinities |
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Origin of divinity
From Old French divinité, from Latin divinitas. Composed of divine + -ity. Displaced native Old English godcundnes.
Words formed from divinity
- archdivinity
- Bachelor of Divinity
- case divinity
- divinitise
- divinitize
- divinity bindings
- divinity calf
- divinity-calf
- divinity fudge
- divinity hall
- divinity school
- divinityship
- divvers
- Doctor of Divinity
- earth divinity
- indivinity
- Master of Divinity
- nondivinity
- quasi-divinity
- school-divinity
- systematic divinity
Words that rhyme with divinity
Questions about divinity
- What does divinity mean?
- Divinity means the state, position, or fact of being a god or God.
- What is divinity in Hindi?
- Divinity in Hindi is दिव्यता (divyatā), देवत्व (devatva). See Divinity meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is divinity?
- Divinity can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce divinity?
- Divinity is pronounced /dɪˈvɪnɪti/ (UK).
- What is the plural of divinity?
- The plural of divinity is divinities.
Words near divinity in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: divinity (page history and authors); Divinity (page history and authors); divinity (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); divinity (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); divinity (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); divinity (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); divinity (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); divinity (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); divinity (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ବିଭୂତି (Odia) (page history and authors); divinity (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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