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| 1. | [ adjective ] (religion) emanating from God | |
| Synonyms: | godly | |
| Examples: | "divine judgment" "divine guidance" "everything is black or white...satanic or godly"-Saturday Rev. |
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| Related terms: | heavenly | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] (religion) resulting from divine providence | |
| Synonyms: | providential | |
| Examples: | "providential care" "a providential visitation" |
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| Related terms: | heavenly | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (religion,Christianity) terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God | |
| Synonyms: | Lord Creator God_Almighty Almighty Jehovah maker Godhead | |
| Related terms: | God hypostasis Trinity | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] (religion) being or having the nature of a god | |
| Synonyms: | godlike | |
| Examples: | "the custom of killing the divine king upon any serious failure of his...powers"-J.G.Frazier "the divine will" "the divine capacity for love" "'Tis wise to learn 'tis God-like to create"-J.G.Saxe |
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| Related terms: | heavenly | |
| 5. | [ verb ] perceive intuitively or through some inexplicable perceptive powers | |
| Related terms: | perceive chiromance prophecy | |
| 6. | [ verb ] search by divining, as if with a rod, of underground water or metals | |
| Related terms: | search dowse | |
| 7. | [ adjective ] of such surpassing excellence as to suggest divine inspiration | |
| Synonyms: | inspired elysian | |
| Examples: | "her pies were simply divine" "the divine Shakespeare" "an elysian meal" "an inspired performance" |
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| Related terms: | glorious | |
| 8. | [ verb ] search by divining, as if with a rod | |
| Examples: | "He claimed he could divine underground water" |
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| Related terms: | think search dowse diviner | |
| 9. | [ adjective ] (religion) appropriate to or befitting a god | |
| Synonyms: | godlike | |
| Examples: | "the divine strength of Achilles" "a man of godlike sagacity" "man must play God for he has acquired certain godlike powers"-R.H.Roveref |
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| Related terms: | superhuman | |
| 10. | [ adjective ] (religion) devoted to or in the service or worship of a deity | |
| Examples: | "divine worship" "divine liturgy" |
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| Related terms: | sacred | |
| 11. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 10641 | |
| 12. | [ noun ] (religion,Christianity) a clergyman or other person in religious orders | |
| Synonyms: | churchman cleric ecclesiastic | |
| Related terms: | clergyman bishop ordainer a_kempis bruno pardoner | |
| Similar spelling: |
Divina divan Devine |
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