divinity
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Old French divinité, from Latin divinitas. Composed of divine + -ity. Displaced native Old English godcundnes.
Base: divine
Affixes: -ity
Inflected forms:
form: divinities
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state, position, or fact of being a god or God.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: They say there is divinity in odd numbers.
gloss: Synonym of deity.
pos: noun
tags: 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.
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.
gloss: A celestial being inferior to a supreme God but superior to man.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: 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.
gloss: The study of religion or religions.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Harvard Divinity School has been teaching theology since 1636.
gloss: A type of confectionery made with egg whites, corn syrup, and white sugar.
pos: noun
tags: US
countable
uncountable
examples: 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.
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:
lang: Arabic
word: أُلُوهِيَّة
roman: ʔulūhiyya
lang: Arabic
word: ألوهية
roman: ʔuluheya
lang: Azerbaijani
word: ilahilik
lang: Azerbaijani
word: ülviyyət
lang: Belarusian
word: бо́скасць
roman: bóskascʹ
lang: Bulgarian
word: боже́ственост
roman: božéstvenost
lang: Catalan
word: deïtat
lang: Catalan
word: divinitat
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 神威
roman: shénwēi
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 神力
roman: shénlì
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 神性
roman: shénxìng
lang: Czech
word: božství
lang: Danish
word: guddommelighed
lang: Danish
word: guddom
lang: Dutch
word: godheid
lang: Dutch
word: goddelijkheid
lang: Esperanto
word: dieco
lang: Estonian
word: jumalus
lang: Finnish
word: jumaluus
lang: French
word: déité
lang: French
word: divinité
lang: Galician
word: deidade
lang: Galician
word: divindade
lang: German
word: Gottheit
lang: German
word: Göttlichkeit
lang: Greek
word: θεότητα
roman: theótita
lang: Ancient Greek
word: θεότης
roman: theótēs
lang: Hebrew
word: אלוהות
roman: elohút
lang: Hindi
word: दिव्यता
roman: divyatā
lang: Hindi
word: देवत्व
roman: devatva
lang: Hungarian
word: isteni jelleg/mivolt
lang: Italian
word: divinità
lang: Italian
word: deità
lang: Japanese
word: 神性
roman: shinsei
lang: Khmer
word: ទេវ
roman: teivĕəʼ
lang: Latin
word: deitas
lang: Latin
word: divinitas
lang: Macedonian
word: божественост
roman: božestvenost
lang: Macedonian
word: божество
roman: božestvo
lang: Malay
word: ketuhanan
lang: Malay
word: kedewaan
lang: Classical Nahuatl
word: īyeliz in Dios
lang: Classical Nahuatl
word: īyeliztzin in Dios
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: guddom
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: guddom
lang: Old English
word: godcundnes
lang: Polish
word: boskość
lang: Polish
word: bóstwo
lang: Portuguese
word: deidade
lang: Portuguese
word: divindade
lang: Romanian
word: divinitate
lang: Russian
word: боже́ственность
roman: božéstvennostʹ
lang: Sanskrit
word: देवता
roman: devatā
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: божанственост
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: božanstvenost
lang: Slovak
word: božstvo
lang: Slovene
word: božanskost
lang: Slovene
word: božanstvo
lang: Spanish
word: deidad
lang: Spanish
word: divinidad
lang: Tagalog
word: pagkabinathala
lang: Thai
word: เทวภาพ
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: لاهوت
roman: lahut
lang: Ukrainian
word: боже́ственність
roman: božéstvennistʹ
lang: Urdu
word: الوہیت
roman: ulūhiyat