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divinity

Pronunciation: /dɪˈvɪnɪti/

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Definition of divinity

noun (plural divinities)

[mass noun]
  • 1the state or quality of being divine:Christ’s divinity
  • [count noun] a divine being; a god or goddess:busts of Roman divinities
  • (the Divinity) God.
  • 2the study of religion; theology:a doctor of divinity

Origin:

Middle English: from Old French divinite, from Latin divinitas, from divinus 'belonging to a deity' (see divine1)

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