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divinity

American  
[dih-vin-i-tee] / dɪˈvɪn ɪ ti /

noun

plural

divinities

  1. the quality of being divine; divine nature.

  2. deity; godhood.

  3. a divine being; God.

  4. (sometimes lowercase) the Divinity, the Deity.

  5. a being having divine attributes, ranking below God but above humans.

    minor divinities.

  6. the study of divine things; theology.

  7. godlike character; supreme excellence.

  8. Also called divinity fudge.  a fluffy white or artificially tinted fudge made usually of sugar, corn syrup, egg whites, and flavoring, often with nuts.

divinity British  
/ dɪˈvɪnɪtɪ /

noun

  1. the nature of a deity or the state of being divine

  2. a god or other divine being

  3. (often capital) another term for God

  4. another word for theology

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

  • nondivinity noun
  • predivinity noun

Etymology

Origin of divinity

First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English divinite from Anglo-French, from Latin dīvīnitās; divine, -ity

Example Sentences

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See’s Candies, founded in Los Angeles in 1921, makes a “St. Patrick’s Day potato” using divinity — a nougat-like, marshmallowy confection — mixed with walnut, coated in chocolate, and rolled in cocoa powder and cinnamon.

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026

Mr. Talarico, a state representative, earned a master’s degree in education from Harvard and is working toward a divinity degree at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

Finally, “Aura and Performance” considers divinity as aroused by the senses, especially sight.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2024

As such, women could access "divinity," initially the exclusive preserve of men, and the social influence that came with it, through embodying the physicality of a sometimes feminine-coded Jesus Christ.

From Salon • Aug. 10, 2024

There is no them without you, and without the right to break you they must necessarily fall from the mountain, lose their divinity, and tumble out of the Dream.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates

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