Divinity

Noun

 * 1)  The property of being divine, of being like a god or God.
 * 2)  A deity (a god, goddess or God).
 * 3)  The study of religion or religions.
 * Harvard Divinity School has been teaching theology since 1636.

Synonyms

 * (property of being divine): godliness
 * (deity): deity, god
 * (study): theology

Adjectives for Divinity
anthropomorphic; ancient; omnipresent; scholastic; sylvan; jealous; false; actual; utter; strange; winged; favorite; sarcastic; dying; tutelar; polemical.

Verbs for Divinity
attain—; claim—; conceive—; concern—; embrace—; encounter—; express—; invoke—; manifest—; preach—; reflect—; reject—; unite in—; verse in—; —governs; — inspires; —rules; —stirs.

Thesaurus
Buddhology, Fatherhood, Mariolatry, Mariology, Mercersburg theology, apologetics, canonics, crisis theology, dea, deity, deus, deva, devi, devil-god, dialogical theology, divineness, doctrinalism, doctrinism, dogmatics, eschatology, existential theology, false god, god, goddess, godhead, godhood, godlikeness, godliness, godship, hagiography, hagiology, heathen god, hierology, idol, immortal, logos Christology, logos theology, natural theology, neoorthodox theology, neoorthodoxy, pagan deity, patristic theology, phenomenological theology, physicotheology, rationalism, religion, scholastic theology, secularism, soteriology, systematics, the shining ones, theology

Etymology
Latin divinitas

Translations

 * Bulgarian: божественост
 * Catalan:
 * French:


 * Hebrew:
 * Portuguese: divindade
 * Russian: божественность
 * Slovene:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * French:


 * Hebrew: ,
 * Russian: божество
 * Slovene:


 * Bulgarian: богословие


 * Russian: богословие, теология


 * : దైవత్వం (daivatvam), దివ్యత్వం (divyatvam) (1)

Derived terms

 * Bachelor of Divinity
 * case divinity
 * divinitise, divinitize
 * divinity bindings
 * divinity calf, divinity-calf
 * divinity fudge
 * divinity hall
 * divinity school
 * divinityship


 * Doctor of Divinity
 * Ely Professorship of Divinity
 * indivinity
 * Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity
 * Master of Divinity
 * Norris-Hulse Professor of Divinity
 * Regius Professorship of Divinity
 * school-divinity
 * systematic divinity

Related terms
See Related terms for divine