divinity
/dɪˈvɪnɪti/ noun C1- The state, position, or fact of being a god or God.
- Synonym of deity.
- A celestial being inferior to a supreme God but superior to man. · Near-synonyms: demigod, semigod
- The study of religion or religions. · I studied divinity at Harvard Divinity School.
- A fudge-like confectionery made with egg whites, corn syrup, and white sugar.
Plural divinities
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The boys, who had to wriggle hastily down from the trees, were later; and Anne, who had not been picking gum at all but was wandering happily in the far end of the grove, waist deep among the bracken, singing softly to herself, with a wreath of rice lilies on her hair as if she were some wild divinity of the shadowy places, was latest of all.
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