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Noun: divinity  di'vi-ni-tee
  1. Any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force
    - deity, god, immortal
     
  2. The quality of being divine
    "ancient Egyptians believed in the divinity of the Pharaohs"
     
  3. White creamy fudge made with egg whites
    - divinity fudge
     
  4. The rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth
    - theology

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