English Explanatory Dictionary

divinity

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The state, position, or fact of being a god or God.
  2. Synonym of deity.
  3. A celestial being inferior to a supreme God but superior to man.
  4. The study of religion or religions.
  5. A type of confectionery made with egg whites, corn syrup, and white sugar.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/dɪˈvɪnɪti/ en-us-divinity.ogg

Word forms

divinity divinities

Etymology

From Old French divinité, from Latin divinitas. Composed of divine + -ity. Displaced native Old English godcundnes.

Synonyms

deity godhead godhood godliness godship god godlore theology

Derived words

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

Translations

Arabic: أُلُوهِيَّة Arabic: ألوهية Azerbaijani: ilahilik Azerbaijani: ülviyyət Belarusian: бо́скасць Bulgarian: боже́ственост Catalan: deïtat Catalan: divinitat Chinese Mandarin: 神威 Chinese Mandarin: 神力 Chinese Mandarin: 神性 Czech: božství Danish: guddommelighed Danish: guddom Dutch: godheid Dutch: goddelijkheid Esperanto: dieco Estonian: jumalus Finnish: jumaluus French: déité French: divinité Galician: deidade Galician: divindade German: Gottheit German: Göttlichkeit Greek: θεότητα Ancient Greek: θεότης Hebrew: אלוהות Hindi: दिव्यता Hindi: देवत्व Hungarian: isteni jelleg/mivolt Italian: divinità Italian: deità Japanese: 神性 Khmer: ទេវ Latin: deitas Latin: divinitas Macedonian: божественост Macedonian: божество Malay: ketuhanan Malay: kedewaan Classical Nahuatl: īyeliz in Dios Classical Nahuatl: īyeliztzin in Dios Norwegian Bokmål: guddom Norwegian Nynorsk: guddom Old English: godcundnes Polish: boskość Polish: bóstwo Portuguese: deidade Portuguese: divindade Romanian: divinitate Russian: боже́ственность Sanskrit: देवता Serbo-Croatian: божанственост Serbo-Croatian: božanstvenost Slovak: božstvo Slovene: božanskost Slovene: božanstvo Spanish: deidad Spanish: divinidad Tagalog: pagkabinathala
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