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noun

plural of divine
as in priests
a person specially trained and authorized to conduct religious services in a Christian church the great influence exerted by the Puritan divines in the Massachusetts Bay Colony

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verb

present tense third-person singular of divine
as in anticipates
to realize or know about beforehand it was easy to divine his intention of asking his girlfriend to marry him

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Recent Examples of divines
Noun
Kropschot divines melodies in lines like a composer eking out a score. — Theater Critic, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for divines
  1. priests
  2. anticipates
  3. preachers
  4. foresees
  5. clerics
  6. ministers
Noun
  • Bedward elicits commentary from latter-day scholars, historians, and Vodou priests.
    — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 31 July 2026
  • The fabric above the bed is from a kesa robe, worn by some Buddhist priests.
    — Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 25 July 2026
Definition of priests
Verb
  • Harpman was writing in a different era, but the elegiac loneliness of her fiction anticipates our own solitary and screen-bound present.
    — Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Fernando anticipates an impact crater nearly 90 feet across and 16 feet deep (27 meters across and 5 meters deep), too small to see from Earth but visible to spacecraft.
    — Marcia Dunn, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of anticipates
Noun
  • Videos posted on social media show street preachers speaking with multiple police officers outside the event.
    — Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 July 2026
  • Instead, there are countless influencers, preachers, and personalities who have created niche movements with their own theologies and political alignments.
    — Meghan O’Gieblyn, The New York Review of Books, 11 July 2026
Definition of preachers
Verb
  • Every father hopes for a better life for their children, but no parent foresees their child living in a warzone.
    — Diaa Ostaz, ABC News, 24 July 2026
  • Head coach Mike Vrabel foresees the Patriots making a move to add at the position coming out of minicamp.
    — Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 10 June 2026
Definition of foresees
Noun
  • In July, over 250 former lawmakers, clerics, professors and other public figures signed an anti-war petition warning of the costs of the conflict.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Voice of America’s Persian Service began airing in its current form in 1979, shortly after the Iranian Revolution toppled the Shah and installed the Islamist clerics who rule the country to this day.
    — Marc Fisher, New Yorker, 30 July 2026
Definition of clerics
Noun
  • As the inaugural case that launched our office's Cold Case Homicide Unit, this prosecution holds a special place in our hearts as ministers of justice.
    — Adam Thompson, CBS News, 31 July 2026
  • His government was steadfast in the face of multiple protests, quick to curb dissent, and, unlike its predecessors, did not ax ministers in times of crisis.
    — Aakash Hassan, Christian Science Monitor, 30 July 2026
Definition of ministers

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“Divines.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/divines. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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