divinity

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divinity /dɪ ˈvɪ nə ti/ ?

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(n) any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force
(n) the quality of being divine
(n) white creamy fudge made with egg whites
(n) the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth

Poignantly, this strength, this divinity, isolates Superman from Earth's humans.
For much of its 136-year history, New York's prestigious Union Theological Seminary has been the largest interdenominational divinity school in North America.
Harvard's divinity school has had a chair of Catholic studies since 1958; currently, the professorship is held by Jesuit Sociologist Joseph Fichter.

"For you, the glory of the unseen divinity: for me the glory of the universe revealed at last," Wilson writes. "For you, the belief in God made flesh to save mankind; for me the belief in Promethean fire seized to set men free."
on Nov 16, 2006 By: EO Wilson Source: Forbes
Ahmadinejad replied on Wednesday: "I am telling him [Bush] that all the world is threatening you since the general path that the world is taking is toward worshipping God and divinity.......... The massive stream is moving and you are nothing in...
on Sep 6, 2006 By: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Source: Christian Science Monitor
John Adams said, "Statesman, one who will bow the knee to (no) idol, who will worship nothing as divinity but truth, virtue and his country?"
on Jul 8, 2010 By: John Adams Source: Osceola Sentinel Tribune