divinity

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈvɪnɪti/
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Noun

divinity (countable and uncountable, plural divinities)

(uncountable) The state, position, or fact of being a god or God. [from 14th c.]
- ante 1598, William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act V, Scene I:
  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.
- 1705, Cheyne, George, The Philosophical Principles of Religion Natural and Revealed, volume 1, London, page 4:
  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.
(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.
Coordinate term: seafoam

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
Doctor of Divinity
indivinity
Master of Divinity
quasi-divinity
school-divinity
systematic divinity

Related terms

See Related terms for divine

Translations

godhood, state of being God or a god

Arabic: أُلُوهِيَّة‎ f (ʾulūhiyya)
Egyptian Arabic: ألوهية‎ f (ʾuluheya)
Belarusian: бо́скасць f (bóskascʹ)
Bulgarian: боже́ственост f (božéstvenost)
Catalan: deïtat (ca) f, divinitat (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 神威 (zh) (shénwēi), 神力 (zh) (shénlì), 神性 (zh) (shénxìng)
Czech: božství n
Danish: guddommelighed c, guddom c
Dutch: godheid (nl) f, goddelijkheid (nl)
Esperanto: dieco
Estonian: jumalus (et)
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)
Hungarian: isteni jelleg/mivolt
Italian: divinità (it) f, deità
Japanese: 神性 (ja) (しんせい, shinsei)
Khmer: ទេវ (km) (teivĕəʼ)
Latin: deitas f, divinitas f
Macedonian: божественост f (božestvenost), божество (božestvo)
Malay: ketuhanan, kedewaan
Nahuatl:
Classical: īyeliz in Dios, īyeliztzin in Dios
Norwegian:
Bokmål: guddom m
Nynorsk: guddom m
Old English: godcundnes f
Ottoman Turkish: لاهوت‎ (lahut)
Polish: boskość (pl) f, bóstwo (pl) n
Portuguese: deidade (pt), divindade (pt) f
Romanian: divinitate (ro) f
Russian: боже́ственность (ru) f (božéstvennostʹ)
Sanskrit: देवता (sa) f (devatā)
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: боже́ственність (uk) f (božéstvennistʹ)
Urdu: الوہیت‎ (ulūhiyat)

deity — see deity

study of religion or religions

Arabic: إِلَٰهِيَّة‎ f (ʾilāhiyya)
Bulgarian: богосло́вие (bg) n (bogoslóvie)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 神學 (zh), 神学 (zh) (shénxué), 宗教學 (zh), 宗教学 (zh) (zōngjiàoxué)
Danish: teologi (da) c
Finnish: jumaluusoppi (fi)
Galician: teoloxía f
German: Theologie (de) f
Greek: θεολογία (el) f (theología)
Hungarian: hittudomány (hu), teológia (hu)
Italian: divinità (it) f, deità f
Russian: богосло́вие (ru) n (bogoslóvije), теоло́гия (ru) f (teológija)
Tagalog: palabathalaan
Turkish: ilahiyat (tr)

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Telugu: ^{(please verify)} దైవత్వం (daivatvaṁ), ^{(please verify)} దివ్యత్వం (divyatvaṁ) (1)