divines 1 of 2

plural of divine

divines

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of divine

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for divines
Noun
  • After the service, the King is expected to attend a reception at the Pontifical Beda College, a seminary which trains priests from across the Commonwealth, while Camilla will meet six Catholic Sisters from the International Union of Superiors General.
    Simon Perry, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Delbarton publicly acknowledged in 2018 that at least 30 men had come forward with allegations that, over three decades, 13 past or current priests and monks at the school had victimized them — in addition to a lay faculty member who is now retired.
    Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Old Farmer's Almanac anticipates a warm winter but with rain and above-average mountain snow in some areas.
    Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The city wrote 397,000 tickets in 2024, and anticipates issuing 485,000 citations this year, according to data shared by the Department of Public Works.
    Vanessa Swales, jsonline.com, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • While preachers preached, D’Angelo learned ministry from the choir stand, leading the flock to epiphany one measure at a time.
    Vann R. Newkirk II, The Atlantic, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Miner preachers and independent churches were central to the organization of miners in eastern Kentucky in the 1930s, too, during another period of violence between mine operators and miners over conditions, wages and unionization.
    The Conversation, The Conversation, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Stark foresees the possibility of MLB cutting its schedule from 162 games to 156.
    Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Savills points to ongoing interest for these types of hotels and foresees a nearly 53% increase in Europe alone by 2028.
    Ramsey Qubein, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Analysts point to how the restrictions have held, despite high-level pushback by other prominent clerics, and multiple attempts on the ground to sidestep the rules.
    NPR, NPR, 14 Oct. 2025
  • That exquisitely rare skill — the ability to arrange a handful of ordinary notes in a way that makes time stop and pulses quicken — unites long-anonymous troubadours, symphonists, Broadway entertainers, earnest singer-songwriters, griots, and ancient clerics.
    Justin Davidson, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Putin’s cabinet ministers now encourage young women to forgo higher education and have babies—as many of them as possible.
    Julia Ioffe, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2025
  • That also applies to the current de facto annexation being carried out by radical settlers and extremist ministers in Netanyahu’s cabinet.
    Trudy Rubin, Mercury News, 18 Oct. 2025
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“Divines.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/divines. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.

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