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divinity

[dih-vin-i-tee] / dɪˈvɪn ɪ ti /


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Societies across the world valued gold as a symbol of divinity, immortality, and authority; its rarity made it a special privilege to behold and possess.

From Slate Jun. 11, 2026

Mr. Talarico, a state representative, earned a master’s degree in education from Harvard and is working toward a divinity degree at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 12, 2026

Rather, Fastvold asks viewers to see God in themselves and in their fellow humans, to find spiritual power in movement, and divinity in personal restriction.

From Salon Dec. 27, 2025

After graduating from Knox in 1964, Brown received a master of divinity degree from Yale Divinity School in 1968 and went to work in ministry.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 9, 2025

Someone spread the story years ago, when he first appeared around college from wherever he came from, that he was a graduate of the divinity school.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner

Aang’s inherited mission, passed down to him by generations of previous divinities, is to restore and maintain the world’s elemental balance.

From Salon Jul. 8, 2026

We are, she writes, “creatures of matter who long to matter”—to ourselves, to each other and to people and divinities whose existence we take on trust.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 9, 2026

Here is a Dalit theyyam performer from the state, where these dancers in trance are thought to embody the very divinities they venerate.

From BBC Dec. 20, 2023

The divinities guarantee peace of mind and stability and shouldn’t be angered, he said.

From Seattle Times Oct. 28, 2023

Almost every one of the radiant divinities could act cruelly or contemptibly.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton




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