divinity school

noun

1. a Protestant seminary.

Word History and Origins

Origin of divinity school¹

First recorded in 1545–55

Example Sentences

Judith Dupré is doing advanced studies at Yale Divinity School/Institute of Sacred Music.

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She is a research fellow at Yale Divinity School in New Haven, Connecticut, where she lives.

From The Daily Beast

There were some who had won honours in their University course before entering the divinity school.

From Project Gutenberg

You see, I have only just entered the divinity school, and I hardly know anything about theology.

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But leaving our divinity school need not mean that you give up the idea of taking Holy Orders.

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After supper Hyacinth nerved himself to tell the story of his term in college, and his determination to leave the divinity school.

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I need not say how tickled I am at your too generous words about my Divinity school address on Determinism.

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