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divinity

Noun

Any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force (synset 109528550)
is a type of: spiritual being, supernatural being - an incorporeal being believed to have powers to affect the course of human events
subtypes:
- daemon, demigod - a person who is part mortal and part god
- sea god - a deity that personifies the sea and is usually believed to live in or to control the sea
- sun god - a god that personifies the sun or is otherwise associated with the sun
- celtic deity - a deity worshipped by the Celts
- egyptian deity - a deity worshipped by the ancient Egyptians
- semitic deity - a deity worshipped by the ancient Semites
- hindu deity - a deity worshipped by the Hindus
- persian deity - a deity worshiped by the ancient Persians
- chinese deity - a deity worshipped by the ancient Chinese
- japanese deity - a deity worshipped by the Japanese
- goddess - a female deity
- earth god, earth-god - a god of fertility and vegetation
- demiurge - a subordinate deity, in some philosophies the creator of the universe
- graeco-roman deity, greco-roman deity - a deity of classical mythology
- greek deity - a deity worshipped by the ancient Greeks
- roman deity - a deity worshipped by the ancient Romans
- norse deity - a deity worshipped by the ancient Norsemen
- teutonic deity - (German mythology) a deity worshipped by the ancient Teutons
- anglo-saxon deity - (Anglo-Saxon mythology) a deity worshipped by the Anglo-Saxons
- phrygian deity - deity of the ancient Phrygians of west central Asia Minor
- saint - a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization
- god of war, war god - a god worshipped as giving victory in war
- snake god, zombi, zombie - a god of voodoo cults of African origin worshipped especially in West Indies
specific instances:
- demogorgon - (Greek mythology) a mysterious and terrifying deity of the underworld
- hypnos - (Greek mythology) the Greek god of sleep; the son of Nyx
- morpheus - the Roman god of sleep and dreams
- boddhisatva, bodhisattva - Buddhist worthy of nirvana who postpones it to help others
- arhant, arhat, lohan - a Buddhist who has attained nirvana
- quetzalcoatl - an Aztec deity represented as a plumed serpent
belongs to: pantheon - all the gods of a religion

same as: deity, god, immortal
The quality of being divine (synset 104862207)
"ancient Egyptians believed in the divinity of the Pharaohs"

is a type of: quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
White creamy fudge made with egg whites (synset 107621302)
is a type of: fudge - soft creamy candy

same as: divinity fudge
The rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth (synset 106191860)
associated with:
- redemption, salvation - (theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil
- creation - (theology) God's act of bringing the universe into existence
- theology - the learned profession acquired by specialized courses in religion (usually taught at a college or seminary)
- limbo - (theology) in Roman Catholicism, the place of unbaptized but innocent or righteous souls (such as infants and virtuous individuals)
- purgatory - (theology) in Roman Catholic theology the place where those who have died in a state of grace undergo limited torment to expiate their sins
- divine guidance, inspiration - (theology) a special influence of a divinity on the minds of human beings
- theanthropism - (theology) the doctrine that Jesus was a union of the human and the divine
- foreordination, predestination, predetermination, preordination - (theology) being determined in advance; especially the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind)
- theological system, theology - a particular system or school of religious beliefs and teachings
- minor, venial - warranting only temporal punishment
- deadly, mortal - involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death
- universalist, universalistic - of or relating to or tending toward universalism
- fundamentalist, fundamentalistic - of or relating to or characteristic of Protestant fundamentalism or its adherents
- catechetic, catechetical - of or relating to or involving catechesis
is a type of: bailiwick, discipline, field, field of study, study, subject, subject area, subject field - a branch of knowledge
subtypes:
- angelology - the branch of theology that is concerned with angels
- apologetics - the branch of theology that is concerned with the defense of Christian doctrines
- ecclesiology - the branch of theology concerned with the nature and the constitution and the functions of a church
- eschatology - the branch of theology that is concerned with such final things as death and Last Judgment; Heaven and Hell; the ultimate destiny of humankind
- hermeneutics - the branch of theology that deals with principles of exegesis
- homiletics - the branch of theology that deals with sermons and homilies
- liturgics, liturgiology - the study of liturgies
- theodicy - the branch of theology that defends God's goodness and justice in the face of the existence of evil
same as: theology

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