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Meanings of divinity in English

Portuguese
deus
Catalan
déu
Spanish
dios
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Any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force.

deus
Portuguese
teologia
Catalan
teologia

The rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth.

teologia
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Examples for "theology"
Examples for "theology"
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He said discussing theology was difficult because of different understandings of God.
Reuters
2
This in itself shows a lack of nobility in the popular theology.
A History of Greek Art / With an Introductory Chapter on Art in ...
3
I am surprised by the Jehovah's Witness theology, especially this last point.
The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow ...
4
He was orthodox in theology and the directors were orthodox in sociology.
From the Bottom Up: The Life Story of Alexander Irvine
5
The Devil first appears in theology in these two forms of faith.
Ten Great Religions: An Essay in Comparative Theology

White creamy fudge made with egg whites.

Study of Christian and other theology and ministry at a school, divinity school, university, or seminary.

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Usage of divinity in English
1
And the divinity of the one and the tragedy of the other.
Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise
2
The principal festival held in honour of this divinity was the Panathenæa.
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome
3
Men may teach the grammar and rhetoric; but God teaches the divinity.
A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 2 / Taken from a View of the ...
4
The divinity was a new beauty; the whole world raving of her.
Sybil, Or, The Two Nations
5
Are there others who deny the gods' divinity in the first place?
Book One: Apotheosis
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Their conceptions of divinity were framed in accordance with these general habits.
The Unseen World, and Other Essays
7
There is something more of divinity in it than the ear discovers.
All Saints' Day and Other Sermons
8
Within a few days, all mankind's multitudinous messiahs had lost their divinity.
Childhood's End
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But here she lies naked and unashamed, sweet in divinity made simple.
The Centaur
10
It is a process of truth, guided by the divinity in men.
God, the Invisible King
11
The birth corresponds with the resurrection, and both witness to the divinity.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. Mark
12
For the Hindus, on the one hand, firmly believed in her divinity.
The Broken Road
13
One of the worst offenses against humanity is the pretense of divinity.
Levels of Living / Essays on Everyday Ideals
14
The Unitarian clergymen and the divinity students seemed to have turned out.
Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals
15
Generalization is always a new influx of the divinity into the mind.
Essays — First Series
16
Nobody likes a whistler, particularly not the divinity that shapes our ends.
The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide
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