divine has definitions from the fields of religion,Christianity
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[ adjective ] (religion) emanating from God

Synonyms

godly

Examples

"divine judgment" "divine guidance" "everything is black or white...satanic or godly"-Saturday Rev.

Used in print

(Tristram Coffin, Not to the Swift....)

A romantic is one who thinks the world is divinely inspired and all he has_to do is find the right key , and then divine justice and altruism will appear .

Related terms

heavenly

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[ adjective ] (religion) resulting from divine providence

Synonyms

providential

Examples

"providential care" "a providential visitation"

Used in print

(Joyce O. Hertzler, American Social Institutions;...)

Finally , it gives sanctity , more than human legitimacy , and even , through super empirical reference , transcendent and supernatural importance to some values ; for_example , marriage as a sacrament , much law-breaking as sinful , occasionally the state as a divine instrument .

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heavenly

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[ noun ] (religion,Christianity) terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God

Used in print

(J. H. Hexter, "Thomas More: On the Margins...)

But to say that at a moment in history something is new is not necessarily to say that it is modern ; and for this statement the best evidence comes within the five years following the publication of Utopia , when Martin_Luther elaborates a new perception of the nature of the Divine 's encounter with man .

Related terms

God hypostasis Trinity

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[ adjective ] (religion) being or having the nature of a god

Synonyms

godlike

Examples

"the custom of killing the divine king upon any serious failure of his...powers"-J.G.Frazier "the divine will" "the divine capacity for love" "'Tis wise to learn 'tis God-like to create"-J.G.Saxe

Used in print

(The Rev. John A. O'Brien, "Let's Take Birth Control...)

The Church considers this to be the method provided by nature and its divine Author : It involves no frustration of nature 's laws , but simply an intelligent and disciplined use of them .

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heavenly

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[ verb ] perceive intuitively or through some inexplicable perceptive powers

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perceive chiromance prophecy

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[ verb ] search by divining, as if with a rod, of underground water or metals

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search dowse

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[ adjective ] of such surpassing excellence as to suggest divine inspiration

Synonyms

inspired elysian

Examples

"her pies were simply divine" "the divine Shakespeare" "an elysian meal" "an inspired performance"

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glorious

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[ verb ] search by divining, as if with a rod

Examples

"He claimed he could divine underground water"

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think search dowse diviner

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[ adjective ] (religion) appropriate to or befitting a god

Synonyms

godlike

Examples

"the divine strength of Achilles" "a man of godlike sagacity" "man must play God for he has acquired certain godlike powers"-R.H.Roveref

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superhuman

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[ adjective ] (religion) devoted to or in the service or worship of a deity

Examples

"divine worship" "divine liturgy"

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sacred

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 10641
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[ noun ] (religion,Christianity) a clergyman or other person in religious orders
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