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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
But the divinity of those books was in the spiritual relationship that their readers had with God, said Rabbi Oren Hayon, who is also a part of Congregation Emanu El.
To assist his research, Rabbi Hayon regularly uses a custom chatbot trained on 20 years of his own writings.
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Eli Tan, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
Luke’s version is more rustic but heightens the dramatic tension between Jesus’s humble background and his divinity.
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2025
Some Cambodian visitors don’t see the pieces as cultural curiosities or works of art, but as divinities that hold their ancestors’ souls.
—Natasha Frost, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
Luke’s version is more rustic but heightens the dramatic tension between Jesus’s humble background and his divinity.
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2025
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Eli Tan, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
Luke’s version is more rustic but heightens the dramatic tension between Jesus’s humble background and his divinity.
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2025
Some Cambodian visitors don’t see the pieces as cultural curiosities or works of art, but as divinities that hold their ancestors’ souls.
—Natasha Frost, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
Luke’s version is more rustic but heightens the dramatic tension between Jesus’s humble background and his divinity.
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for divinity
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Morgan Freeman anchors the film as the bewildered professor who watches Lucy's transformation into a post-human deity with increasing awe.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Apr. 2025
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Ars Video Proyecto Arqueológico del Sur de Tikal archaeologist Edwin Ramirez and his colleagues say the faces on the altar look uncannily like a deity who often shows up in artwork from central Mexico, in the area around Teotihuacan.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
10 Apr. 2025
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Such is the thrust of their latest foray into international programming, a series based on the life of Marie-Antoine Carême, a legendary figure in French culinary history — he is referenced as a gastronomic god in The Taste of Things — who has been transformed into a dashing twink spy.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
8 May 2025
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Elsewhere on the sword is the head of Medusa, the Nemean lion defeated by Hercules, and Mars, the Roman god of war.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 May 2025
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“Divinity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/divinity. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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