divinity | ||
1. | [ noun ] (religion) any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force | |
Synonyms: | god deity immortal | |
Related terms: | spiritual_being saint Buddha goddess war_god Celtic_deity Egyptian_deity daemon Semitic_deity Hindu_deity Fates Morpheus Norse_deity Anglo-Saxon_deity Chinese_deity Japanese_deity Persian_deity earth-god demiurge Greco-Roman_deity Greek_deity Roman_deity Quetzalcoatl Teutonic_deity Bodhisattva Phrygian_deity demogorgon hypnos Arhat sun-god sea-god zombi pantheon | |
2. | [ noun ] (religion) the quality of being divine | |
Examples: | "ancient Egyptians believed in the divinity of the Pharaohs" |
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Related terms: | quality | |
3. | [ noun ] (food) white creamy fudge made with egg whites | |
Synonyms: | divinity_fudge | |
Related terms: | fudge | |
4. | [ noun ] (religion,theology) the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth | |
Synonyms: | theology | |
Related terms: | discipline hermeneutics theodicy liturgics eschatology angelology homiletics apologetics ecclesiology theology deadly theology universalistic fundamentalist Creation divine_guidance predestination purgatory limbo theanthropism catechetical minor | |
Similar spelling: |
dip_into divination divinatory |