divinity

What it means

1. uncountableThe state, position, or fact of being a god or God.

   They say there is divinity in odd numbers.

   a. 1598, William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor, act V, scene I

   Synonyms: deity, godhead, godhood, godliness, godship · Antonyms: indivinity, nondivinity

   1. countableSynonym of deity.

      You may leave out where you live and use either initials or an alias, since gods, buddhas and other divinities look only at our hearts.

      1 more example

      At the base of the whole process by which divinities and demons were created, and rites for their propitiation and placation established, lay Fear - fear stimulating the imagination to fantastic activity.

      1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 13

      Synonyms: deity, godhead, godhood, godliness, godship, god, goddess, see Thesaurus:god · Antonyms: indivinity, nondivinity

   2. countableuncountableA celestial being inferior to a supreme God but superior to man.

      Near-synonyms: demigod, semigod

      1 more example

      These beings are derogatory from the wisdom and power of the author of nature, who doubtless can govern this machin he cou’d create, by more direct and easie methods, than employing these subservient divinities.

      1705, George Cheyne, The Philosophical Principles of Religion Natural and Revealed, volume 1, London, page 4

      Synonyms: deity, godhead, godhood, godliness, godship, demigod, semigod · Antonyms: indivinity, nondivinity

In a sentence

They say there is divinity in odd numbers.

a. 1598, William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor, act V, scene I

Where it comes from

1. Latindivinitas
2. Old Frenchdivinité
3. Englishdivinity

From Old French divinité, from Latin divinitas. Composed of divine + -ity. Displaced native Old English godcundnes.