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as in deity
the quality or state of being divine
Henry David Thoreau felt the presence of divinity in every part of nature
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as in God
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the being worshipped as the creator and ruler of the universe
communal worship of the Divinity was expected of every member of the colony
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Recent Examples of divinity
In the past 50 years, namaste has evolved from a simple greeting and parting to a word that is a mini meditation on the interconnectedness and shared divinity of all beings.
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Jeremy David Engels,
The Conversation,
23 June 2026
The Marby grave brings together cremation, a stone monument, and this ritualistic deposit of bronze objects, which is synonymous with the end of this era when the treatment and use of bronze objects changed—often left in hoards on land or in water, sometimes as offerings to gods or divinities.
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Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
31 May 2026
The divinity of Christ is part of the ground truth of its world, rather than something that needs to be asserted or justified.
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Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
25 May 2026
His camera performs a rousing restoration of the power often stolen from them, ensuring that by the time the credits roll, they’re finally imbued with the kind of divinity only offered to them in name.
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Guy Lodge,
Variety,
22 May 2026
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Jeremy David Engels,
The Conversation,
23 June 2026
The Marby grave brings together cremation, a stone monument, and this ritualistic deposit of bronze objects, which is synonymous with the end of this era when the treatment and use of bronze objects changed—often left in hoards on land or in water, sometimes as offerings to gods or divinities.
—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
31 May 2026
The divinity of Christ is part of the ground truth of its world, rather than something that needs to be asserted or justified.
—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
25 May 2026
His camera performs a rousing restoration of the power often stolen from them, ensuring that by the time the credits roll, they’re finally imbued with the kind of divinity only offered to them in name.
—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
22 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for divinity
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The animals were also chosen as vehicles for deities during processions because of their height.
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Evidence of this lies in the very names of the planets, which represented ancient deities, and of the five bright planets, the one whose color appeared to come closest to that of blood was called Mars in honor of the god of war.
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Here in Tamil Nadu, reality was—still is—perceived to reside not in the physical world but in the relationship between that world and the transcendent realm of Siva and Vishnu, two great gods of the Tamil country.
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Andrew Raftery Two forceful exhibitions have shown how Indian artists and presses met the cultural upheaval of the nineteenth century with lithographic prints that rendered Hindu gods more approachable and helped to galvanize national identity.
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“Divinity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/divinity. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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