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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Divinity \Di*vin"i*ty\, n.; pl {Divinities}. [F. divinit['e], L. divinitas See {Divine}, a.] 1. The state of being divine; the nature or essence of God; deity; godhead. When he attributes divinity to other things than God, it is only a divinity by way of participation. --Bp. Stillingfleet 2. The Deity; the Supreme Being God. This the divinity that within us --Addison. 3. A pretended deity of pagans; a false god. Beastly divinities, and droves of gods. --Prior. 4. A celestial being inferior to the supreme God, but superior to man. God . . . employing these subservient divinities. --Cheyne. 5. Something divine or superhuman; supernatural power or virtue; something which inspires awe. They say there is divinity in odd numbers. --Shak. There's such divinity doth hedge a king. --Shak. 6. The science of divine things the science which treats of God, his laws and moral government, and the way of salvation; theology. Divinity is essentially the first of the professions. --Coleridge. {Case divinity}, casuistry.
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