Divinity
noun
The state of being divine, holy or like a god.
Monks devote their lives to seeking divinity.
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- seek divinity
- achieve divinity
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noun
A god or goddess.
In ancient Roman divinity, many gods and goddesses had specific duties and powers.
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- roman divinity
- greek divinity
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noun
The study of religion and religious truth.
I studied divinity at the university as part of my theology degree.
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- study divinity
- divinity degree
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noun
The state of being divine, holy or like a god.
Monks devote their lives to seeking divinity.
Often appears as...
- seek divinity
- achieve divinity
Usage tips
Academic
noun
A god or goddess.
In ancient Roman divinity, many gods and goddesses had specific duties and powers.
Often appears as...
- roman divinity
- greek divinity
Usage tips
Academic
noun
The study of religion and religious truth.
I studied divinity at the university as part of my theology degree.
Often appears as...
- study divinity
- divinity degree
Usage tips
Academic
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Pro Tip 1/3Spiritual Pursuit
Often associated with the journey to enhance one's spiritual or moral quality.
She left her corporate job to follow a path of divinity.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Religious
Can describe extraordinary beauty or wisdom that's not strictly religious.
His poetry has a sense of divinity that touches the soul.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Use
May be used metaphorically to express high praise or deep admiration.
Her voice is pure divinity; it's enchanting.
Pro Tip 1/3Spiritual Pursuit
Often associated with the journey to enhance one's spiritual or moral quality.
She left her corporate job to follow a path of divinity.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Religious
Can describe extraordinary beauty or wisdom that's not strictly religious.
His poetry has a sense of divinity that touches the soul.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Use
May be used metaphorically to express high praise or deep admiration.
Her voice is pure divinity; it's enchanting.
Pro Tip 1/3Spiritual Pursuit
Often associated with the journey to enhance one's spiritual or moral quality.
She left her corporate job to follow a path of divinity.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Religious
Can describe extraordinary beauty or wisdom that's not strictly religious.
His poetry has a sense of divinity that touches the soul.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Use
May be used metaphorically to express high praise or deep admiration.
Her voice is pure divinity; it's enchanting.
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or confusion between the representation of divinity and divinity itself. Keeping it real, so to speak, in the relationship between the individual and the divine. However, this can be a challenge to maintain, given that the urge to visually represent and interpret the world around us is a compulsion difficult to suppress.
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Your elusive creative...
kind of portal and he wasn't doing anything different than he had ever done you know a thousand nights before but everything would align and all of a sudden he would no longer appear to be nearly human you know he would be like lit from within and lit from below and all like lit up on fire with divinity
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Your elusive creative...
And all of a sudden, he would no longer appear to be merely human. He would be lit from within, and lit from below and all lit up on fire with divinity. And when this happened, back then, people knew it for what it was, you know, they called it by its name.
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Life is messy. Embrace...
chosen the closest thing I had to divinity as the butt of his cruel joke and while I was too young to understand kidney failure and chronic autoimmune disorders I was not too young to understand chaos now you should know I'm
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Daniel Goleman: Why...
at Princeton Theological Seminary that speaks to why it is that when all of us have so many opportunities to help, we do sometimes, and we don't other times. A group of divinity students at the Princeton Theological Seminary
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gods the struggle between these two forces is the struggle of good and bad light and dark divinity to Dante's Inferno here you will find the lord of the untouchable the keeper of the burning guts and the
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His Holiness the...
you don't find as many physical representations of divinity or of spiritual liberation as you do in the Buddhist tradition, where, of course, there are many statues of the Buddha that are highly revered.
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Ramses, Master of...
Here, by placing his statue between the greatest gods of Egypt, Ramses used a clever trick of the light to engineer his own divinity. Twice a year, the sun rays reach all the way
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Sasha Sarago: The...
to a state of divinity; beauty now becomes spirit manifested. Not only is spirit found within us, it's in all things. It's in the landscapes, it's in the elements.
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Feisal Abdul Rauf: Lose...
whatever the name might be through which you name or access the presence of divinity, it is the locus of absolute being, absolute love and mercy and compassion,
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A brief history of...
or confusion between the representation of divinity and divinity itself. Keeping it real, so to speak, in the relationship between the individual and the divine. However, this can be a challenge to maintain, given that the urge to visually represent and interpret the world around us is a compulsion difficult to suppress.
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Your elusive creative...
kind of portal and he wasn't doing anything different than he had ever done you know a thousand nights before but everything would align and all of a sudden he would no longer appear to be nearly human you know he would be like lit from within and lit from below and all like lit up on fire with divinity
Video examples
Your elusive creative...
And all of a sudden, he would no longer appear to be merely human. He would be lit from within, and lit from below and all lit up on fire with divinity. And when this happened, back then, people knew it for what it was, you know, they called it by its name.
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Life is messy. Embrace...
chosen the closest thing I had to divinity as the butt of his cruel joke and while I was too young to understand kidney failure and chronic autoimmune disorders I was not too young to understand chaos now you should know I'm
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Daniel Goleman: Why...
at Princeton Theological Seminary that speaks to why it is that when all of us have so many opportunities to help, we do sometimes, and we don't other times. A group of divinity students at the Princeton Theological Seminary
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National Geographic...
gods the struggle between these two forces is the struggle of good and bad light and dark divinity to Dante's Inferno here you will find the lord of the untouchable the keeper of the burning guts and the
Video examples
His Holiness the...
you don't find as many physical representations of divinity or of spiritual liberation as you do in the Buddhist tradition, where, of course, there are many statues of the Buddha that are highly revered.
Video examples
Ramses, Master of...
Here, by placing his statue between the greatest gods of Egypt, Ramses used a clever trick of the light to engineer his own divinity. Twice a year, the sun rays reach all the way
Video examples
Sasha Sarago: The...
to a state of divinity; beauty now becomes spirit manifested. Not only is spirit found within us, it's in all things. It's in the landscapes, it's in the elements.
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Feisal Abdul Rauf: Lose...
whatever the name might be through which you name or access the presence of divinity, it is the locus of absolute being, absolute love and mercy and compassion,
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Bruce Barton
American Author
If you have anything really valuable to contribute to the world it will come through the expression of your own personality, that single spark of divinity that sets you off and makes you different from every other living creature.
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John Lennon
English Musician
I'm not claiming divinity. I've never claimed purity of soul. I've never claimed to have the answers to life. I only put out songs and answer questions as honestly as I can... But I still believe in peace, love and understanding.
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John Templeton
American Businessman
The correct description is that we try every day to become more humble when we talk about divinity, we try to realize how little we know and how open minded we should be.
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John Muir
American Environmentalist
Every natural object is a conductor of divinity and only by coming into contact with them... may we be filled with the Holy Ghost.
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Elizabeth Dole
American Politician
We believe in the dignity of every life, the possibility of every mind, the divinity of every soul. This is our true North.
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Wayne Dyer
American Psychologist
Trust and value your own divinity as well as your connection to nature. Seeing God's work everywhere will be your reward.
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Henry David Thoreau
American Author
Nature is full of genius, full of the divinity; so that not a snowflake escapes its fashioning hand.
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Isaac of Nineveh
Saint
May your divinity, Lord, take pleasure in me and lead me above the world to be with you.
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Anne Boyd
Australian Composer
In our romantic groves I adored her like a divinity.
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Heraclitus
Greek Philosopher
A man's character is his guardian divinity.
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Bruce Barton
American Author
If you have anything really valuable to contribute to the world it will come through the expression of your own personality, that single spark of divinity that sets you off and makes you different from every other living creature.
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John Lennon
English Musician
I'm not claiming divinity. I've never claimed purity of soul. I've never claimed to have the answers to life. I only put out songs and answer questions as honestly as I can... But I still believe in peace, love and understanding.
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John Templeton
American Businessman
The correct description is that we try every day to become more humble when we talk about divinity, we try to realize how little we know and how open minded we should be.
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John Muir
American Environmentalist
Every natural object is a conductor of divinity and only by coming into contact with them... may we be filled with the Holy Ghost.
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Elizabeth Dole
American Politician
We believe in the dignity of every life, the possibility of every mind, the divinity of every soul. This is our true North.
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Wayne Dyer
American Psychologist
Trust and value your own divinity as well as your connection to nature. Seeing God's work everywhere will be your reward.
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Henry David Thoreau
American Author
Nature is full of genius, full of the divinity; so that not a snowflake escapes its fashioning hand.
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Isaac of Nineveh
Saint
May your divinity, Lord, take pleasure in me and lead me above the world to be with you.
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Anne Boyd
Australian Composer
In our romantic groves I adored her like a divinity.
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Heraclitus
Greek Philosopher
A man's character is his guardian divinity.
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