divinity

English

Etymology

From Old French divinité, from Latin divinitas

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈvɪnɪti/

Noun

divinity (countable and uncountable, plural divinities)

(uncountable) The state, position, or fact of being a god or God. [from 14th c.]
- Shakespeare
  They say there is divinity in odd numbers.
(countable) 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.
A celestial being inferior to a supreme God but superior to man.
- Cheyne
  God... employing these subservient divinities...
(uncountable) The study of religion or religions.
Harvard Divinity School has been teaching theology since 1636.
A type of confectionery made with egg whites, corn syrup, and white sugar.

Synonyms

(property of being divine): deity, godhead, godhood, godliness, godship
(deity): See Thesaurus:god
(study): godlore, theology

Derived terms

Terms derived from divinity

Bachelor of Divinity
case divinity
divinitise, divinitize
divinity bindings
divinity calf, divinity-calf
divinity fudge
divinity hall
divinity school
divinityship

Related terms

See Related terms for divine

Translations

godhood, state of being God or a god

Arabic: أُلُوهِيَّة‎ f (ʾulūhiyya)
Egyptian Arabic: ألوهية‎ f (ʔuluheya)
Belarusian: боскасць f (bóskascʹ)
Bulgarian: божественост f (božéstvenost)
Catalan: deïtat f, divinitat (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 神威 (zh) (shénwēi), 神力 (zh) (shénlì), 神性 (zh) (shénxìng)
Czech: božství n
Dutch: godheid (nl) f, goddelijkheid (nl)
Estonian: jumalus
Finnish: jumaluus (fi)
French: déité (fr) f, divinité (fr) f
Galician: deidade (gl) f, divindade (gl) f
German: Gottheit (de) f (elevated), Göttlichkeit f
Greek: θεότητα (el) f (theótita)
Ancient: θειότης f (theiótēs)
Hebrew: אלוהות‎ f (elohút)
Italian: divinità (it) f, deità
Japanese: 神性 (しんせい, shinsei)
Khmer: ទេវ (km) (de va)
Latin: deitas f, divinitas f

Macedonian: божественост f (bóžestvenost)
Malay: ketuhanan, kedewaan
Nahuatl:
Classical: īyeliz in Dios, īyeliztzin in Dios
Norwegian:
Bokmål: guddom m

Nynorsk: guddom m
Polish: boskość (pl) f, bóstwo (pl) n
Portuguese: deidade (pt), divindade (pt) f
Romanian: divinitate (ro) f
Russian: боже́ственность (ru) f (božéstvennostʹ)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: божанственост f

Roman: božanstvenost (sh) f
Slovak: božstvo n
Slovene: božanskost f, božanstvo (sl) n
Spanish: deidad (es) f, divinidad (es) f
Tagalog: pagkabinathala
Thai: เทพ (th) (têep)
Ukrainian: божественність (uk) f (božéstvennistʹ)

deity — see deity

study of religion or religions

Bulgarian: богословие (bg) n (bogoslovie)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 神學 (zh), 神学 (zh) (shénxué), 宗教學 (zh), 宗教学 (zh) (zōngjiàoxué)
Finnish: jumaluusoppi (fi)
Galician: teoloxía f

Greek: θεολογία (el) f (theología)
Italian: divinità (it) f, deità f
Russian: богосло́вие (ru) n (bogoslóvije), теоло́гия (ru) f (teológija)
Tagalog: palabathalaan

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Telugu: దైవత్వం (daivatvam), దివ్యత్వం (divyatvam) (1)

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