a being having superhuman powers and control over a particular part of life or the world
a modest temple built for one of the minor divinities in ancient Greek mythology
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Recent Examples of divinitiesThe 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 pawangs—who came from a variety of Malay, Tamil, or Arab Muslim backgrounds—also understood themselves as negotiating for safe passage with non-Muslim divinities, including the Hindu deities Shiva, Indra, Krishna, and Vishnu.—
H.m.a. Leow,
JSTOR Daily,
24 Apr. 2026 As part of the ritual that marks each sabbat, the earth and the divinities are venerated.—
Helen A. Berger,
The Conversation,
17 June 2022
Old Greeks and gods—some famous, like Achilles and Patroclus, others whom even a classicist might struggle to recognize—chat and complain about their condition like real people or clever schoolboys.
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Max Norman,
Harpers Magazine,
22 Sep. 2026
So Hadid struck a compromise with the weather gods, loading up a simple black minidress with her preferred fall fashions.