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# divinity

«divinity» in Mova's school dictionary: **The quality of being God or a god; being divine** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (divinity, divinities)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The quality of being God or a god; being divine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/divinity/#m1)

2) A god or goddess: «Roman divinities». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/divinity/#m2)

3) (school, university) The study of religion and God; theology: «a Doctor of Divinity». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/divinity/#m3)

4) (sweets, US) A soft white sweet made with egg whites and sugar (also «divinity fudge»). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/divinity/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In religious education: Christians believe in the divinity of Jesus — that he is both God and man; other faiths and ancient peoples had their own divinities. In history: Greek and Roman divinities like Zeus and Jupiter. At universities: divinity schools train church ministers. Phrases: «the divinity of Christ», «divinity school», «a pagan divinity».

### examples

- Christians believe in the divinity of Jesus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/divinity/#x1)
- The Romans worshipped many divinities. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/divinity/#x2)
- My uncle studied divinity before becoming a vicar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/divinity/#x3)
- Zeus was the king of the Greek divinities. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/divinity/#x4)
- The Egyptian temple was built for a sun divinity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/divinity/#x5)
- She made divinity sweets for the church bake sale. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/divinity/#x6)
- This divinity was chiefly worshipped at Lampsacus, his birthplace. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/divinity/#x7)

### note

Countable for «a god», uncountable for the quality or subject. Adjective: «divine». Talk about beliefs respectfully: «Christians believe…», «The Greeks believed…».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «divinity» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/divinity/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.