divinity school

noun

: a professional school having a religious curriculum especially for ministerial candidates

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Yale Divinity School is fortunate to have the third largest endowment of any divinity school in the country. — Gregory E. Sterling, Hartford Courant, 20 June 2025 Hoffman also notes that her divinity school education and study of belief aided her while writing about McPherson. — Liz Ohanesian, Oc Register, 7 July 2025 With universities under pressure to fire anti-Trump faculty and cut diversity programs, divinity schools will lose their academic freedom. — Rev. Nathan Empsall, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025 The divinity school’s interim dean, David Holland, quickly disavowed the remarks, according to The Harvard Crimson. — Yasmine Salam, NBC news, 31 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for divinity school

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First Known Use

1563, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of divinity school was in 1563

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“Divinity school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/divinity%20school. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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