Noun: divinity di'vi-ni-tee
- The quality of being divine
"ancient Egyptians believed in the divinity of the Pharaohs"
- Any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force
"Ancient cultures often had a divinity associated with the sun";
- deity, god, immortal
- The rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth
"She earned a degree in divinity from the seminary";
- theology
- White creamy fudge made with egg whites
"The divinity fudge melted in her mouth";
- divinity fudge
Derived forms: divinities
Type of: bailiwick, discipline, field, field of study, fudge, quality, spiritual being, study, subject, subject area, subject field, supernatural being
Part of: pantheon
Encyclopedia: Divinity