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Divinity
(gcide) | Divinity \Di*vin"i*ty\, n.; pl. Divinities. [F. divinit['e],
L. divinitas. See Divine, a.]
1. The state of being divine; the nature or essence of God;
deity; godhead.
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When he attributes divinity to other things than
God, it is only a divinity by way of participation.
--Bp.
Stillingfleet.
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2. The Deity; the Supreme Being; God.
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This the divinity that within us. --Addison.
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3. A pretended deity of pagans; a false god.
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Beastly divinities, and droves of gods. --Prior.
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4. A celestial being, inferior to the supreme God, but
superior to man.
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God . . . employing these subservient divinities.
--Cheyne.
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5. Something divine or superhuman; supernatural power or
virtue; something which inspires awe.
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They say there is divinity in odd numbers. --Shak.
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There's such divinity doth hedge a king. --Shak.
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6. The science of divine things; the science which treats of
God, his laws and moral government, and the way of
salvation; theology.
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Divinity is essentially the first of the
professions. --Coleridge.
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Case divinity, casuistry.
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divinity
(wn) | divinity
n 1: any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part
of the world or some aspect of life or who is the
personification of a force [syn: deity, divinity,
god, immortal]
2: the quality of being divine; "ancient Egyptians believed in
the divinity of the Pharaohs"
3: white creamy fudge made with egg whites [syn: divinity,
divinity fudge]
4: the rational and systematic study of religion and its
influences and of the nature of religious truth [syn:
theology, divinity] |
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doctor of divinity
(msas) | Doctor of Divinity
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doctor of divinity
(msasasci) | Doctor of Divinity
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divinity fudge
(encz) | divinity fudge, n: |
Case divinity
(gcide) | Divinity \Di*vin"i*ty\, n.; pl. Divinities. [F. divinit['e],
L. divinitas. See Divine, a.]
1. The state of being divine; the nature or essence of God;
deity; godhead.
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When he attributes divinity to other things than
God, it is only a divinity by way of participation.
--Bp.
Stillingfleet.
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2. The Deity; the Supreme Being; God.
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This the divinity that within us. --Addison.
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3. A pretended deity of pagans; a false god.
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Beastly divinities, and droves of gods. --Prior.
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4. A celestial being, inferior to the supreme God, but
superior to man.
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God . . . employing these subservient divinities.
--Cheyne.
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5. Something divine or superhuman; supernatural power or
virtue; something which inspires awe.
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They say there is divinity in odd numbers. --Shak.
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There's such divinity doth hedge a king. --Shak.
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6. The science of divine things; the science which treats of
God, his laws and moral government, and the way of
salvation; theology.
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Divinity is essentially the first of the
professions. --Coleridge.
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Case divinity, casuistry.
[1913 Webster]Case \Case\, n. [F. cas, fr. L. casus, fr. cadere to fall, to
happen. Cf. Chance.]
1. Chance; accident; hap; opportunity. [Obs.]
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By aventure, or sort, or cas. --Chaucer.
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2. That which befalls, comes, or happens; an event; an
instance; a circumstance, or all the circumstances;
condition; state of things; affair; as, a strange case; a
case of injustice; the case of the Indian tribes.
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In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge.
--Deut. xxiv.
13.
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If the case of the man be so with his wife. --Matt.
xix. 10.
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And when a lady's in the case
You know all other things give place. --Gay.
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You think this madness but a common case. --Pope.
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I am in case to justle a constable, --Shak.
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3. (Med. & Surg.) A patient under treatment; an instance of
sickness or injury; as, ten cases of fever; also, the
history of a disease or injury.
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A proper remedy in hypochondriacal cases.
--Arbuthnot.
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4. (Law) The matters of fact or conditions involved in a
suit, as distinguished from the questions of law; a suit
or action at law; a cause.
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Let us consider the reason of the case, for nothing
is law that is not reason. --Sir John
Powell.
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Not one case in the reports of our courts. --Steele.
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5. (Gram.) One of the forms, or the inflections or changes of
form, of a noun, pronoun, or adjective, which indicate its
relation to other words, and in the aggregate constitute
its declension; the relation which a noun or pronoun
sustains to some other word.
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Case is properly a falling off from the nominative
or first state of word; the name for which, however,
is now, by extension of its signification, applied
also to the nominative. --J. W. Gibbs.
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Note: Cases other than the nominative are oblique cases. Case
endings are terminations by which certain cases are
distinguished. In old English, as in Latin, nouns had
several cases distinguished by case endings, but in
modern English only that of the possessive case is
retained.
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Action on the case (Law), according to the old
classification (now obsolete), was an action for redress
of wrongs or injuries to person or property not specially
provided against by law, in which the whole cause of
complaint was set out in the writ; -- called also
trespass on the case, or simply case.
All a case, a matter of indifference. [Obs.] "It is all a
case to me." --L'Estrange.
Case at bar. See under Bar, n.
Case divinity, casuistry.
Case lawyer, one versed in the reports of cases rather than
in the science of the law.
Case stated or Case agreed on (Law), a statement in
writing of facts agreed on and submitted to the court for
a decision of the legal points arising on them.
A hard case, an abandoned or incorrigible person. [Colloq.]
In any case, whatever may be the state of affairs; anyhow.
In case, or In case that, if; supposing that; in the
event or contingency; if it should happen that. "In case
we are surprised, keep by me." --W. Irving.
In good case, in good condition, health, or state of body.
To put a case, to suppose a hypothetical or illustrative
case.
Syn: Situation, condition, state; circumstances; plight;
predicament; occurrence; contingency; accident; event;
conjuncture; cause; action; suit.
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Divinity
(gcide) | Divinity \Di*vin"i*ty\, n.; pl. Divinities. [F. divinit['e],
L. divinitas. See Divine, a.]
1. The state of being divine; the nature or essence of God;
deity; godhead.
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When he attributes divinity to other things than
God, it is only a divinity by way of participation.
--Bp.
Stillingfleet.
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2. The Deity; the Supreme Being; God.
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This the divinity that within us. --Addison.
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3. A pretended deity of pagans; a false god.
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Beastly divinities, and droves of gods. --Prior.
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4. A celestial being, inferior to the supreme God, but
superior to man.
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God . . . employing these subservient divinities.
--Cheyne.
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5. Something divine or superhuman; supernatural power or
virtue; something which inspires awe.
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They say there is divinity in odd numbers. --Shak.
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There's such divinity doth hedge a king. --Shak.
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6. The science of divine things; the science which treats of
God, his laws and moral government, and the way of
salvation; theology.
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Divinity is essentially the first of the
professions. --Coleridge.
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Case divinity, casuistry.
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Divinity calf
(gcide) | Divinity calf \Di*vin"i*ty calf`\ (Bookbinding)
Calf stained dark brown and worked without gilding, often
used for theological books.
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doctor of divinity
(gcide) | Degree \De*gree"\, n. [F. degr['e], OF. degret, fr. LL.
degradare. See Degrade.]
1. A step, stair, or staircase. [Obs.]
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By ladders, or else by degree. --Rom. of R.
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2. One of a series of progressive steps upward or downward,
in quality, rank, acquirement, and the like; a stage in
progression; grade; gradation; as, degrees of vice and
virtue; to advance by slow degrees; degree of comparison.
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3. The point or step of progression to which a person has
arrived; rank or station in life; position. "A dame of
high degree." --Dryden. "A knight is your degree." --Shak.
"Lord or lady of high degree." --Lowell.
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4. Measure of advancement; quality; extent; as, tastes differ
in kind as well as in degree.
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The degree of excellence which proclaims genius, is
different in different times and different places.
--Sir. J.
Reynolds.
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5. Grade or rank to which scholars are admitted by a college
or university, in recognition of their attainments; also,
(informal) the diploma provided by an educational
institution attesting to the achievement of that rank; as,
the degree of bachelor of arts, master, doctor, etc.; to
hang one's degrees on the office wall.
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Note: In the United States diplomas are usually given as the
evidence of a degree conferred. In the humanities the
first degree is that of bachelor of arts (B. A. or A.
B.); the second that of master of arts (M. A. or A.
M.). The degree of bachelor (of arts, science,
divinity, law, etc.) is conferred upon those who
complete a prescribed course of undergraduate study.
The first degree in medicine is that of {doctor of
medicine} (M. D.). The degrees of master and doctor are
also conferred, in course, upon those who have
completed certain prescribed postgraduate studies, as
doctor of philosophy (Ph. D.); the degree of doctor
is also conferred as a complimentary recognition of
eminent services in science or letters, or for public
services or distinction (as doctor of laws (LL. D.)
or doctor of divinity (D. D.), when they are called
honorary degrees.
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The youth attained his bachelor's degree, and
left the university. --Macaulay.
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6. (Genealogy) A certain distance or remove in the line of
descent, determining the proximity of blood; one remove in
the chain of relationship; as, a relation in the third or
fourth degree.
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In the 11th century an opinion began to gain ground
in Italy, that third cousins might marry, being in
the seventh degree according to the civil law.
--Hallam.
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7. (Arith.) Three figures taken together in numeration; thus,
140 is one degree, 222,140 two degrees.
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8. (Algebra) State as indicated by sum of exponents; more
particularly, the degree of a term is indicated by the sum
of the exponents of its literal factors; thus, a^2b^3c
is a term of the sixth degree. The degree of a power, or
radical, is denoted by its index, that of an equation by
the greatest sum of the exponents of the unknown
quantities in any term; thus, ax^4 + bx^2 = c, and
mx^2y^2 + nyx = p, are both equations of the fourth
degree.
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9. (Trig.) A 360th part of the circumference of a circle,
which part is taken as the principal unit of measure for
arcs and angles. The degree is divided into 60 minutes and
the minute into 60 seconds.
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10. A division, space, or interval, marked on a mathematical
or other instrument, as on a thermometer.
11. (Mus.) A line or space of the staff.
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Note: The short lines and their spaces are added degrees.
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Accumulation of degrees. (Eng. Univ.) See under
Accumulation.
By degrees, step by step; by little and little; by moderate
advances. "I'll leave it by degrees." --Shak.
Degree of a curve or Degree of a surface (Geom.), the
number which expresses the degree of the equation of the
curve or surface in rectilinear coordinates. A straight
line will, in general, meet the curve or surface in a
number of points equal to the degree of the curve or
surface and no more.
Degree of latitude (Geog.), on the earth, the distance on a
meridian between two parallels of latitude whose latitudes
differ from each other by one degree. This distance is not
the same on different parts of a meridian, on account of
the flattened figure of the earth, being 68.702 statute
miles at the equator, and 69.396 at the poles.
Degree of longitude, the distance on a parallel of latitude
between two meridians that make an angle of one degree
with each other at the poles -- a distance which varies as
the cosine of the latitude, being at the equator 69.16
statute miles.
To a degree, to an extreme; exceedingly; as, mendacious to
a degree.
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It has been said that Scotsmen . . . are . . . grave
to a degree on occasions when races more favored by
nature are gladsome to excess. --Prof.
Wilson.
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Indivinity
(gcide) | Indivinity \In`di*vin"i*ty\, n. [Pref. in- not + divinity: cf.
F. indivinit['e].]
Lack or absence of divine power or of divinity. [Obs.] --Sir
T. Browne.
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bachelor of divinity
(wn) | Bachelor of Divinity
n 1: a bachelor's degree in religion [syn: {Bachelor of
Divinity}, BD] |
divinity fudge
(wn) | divinity fudge
n 1: white creamy fudge made with egg whites [syn: divinity,
divinity fudge] |
doctor of divinity
(wn) | Doctor of Divinity
n 1: a doctor's degree in religion [syn: Doctor of Divinity,
DD] |
master of divinity
(wn) | Master of Divinity
n 1: a master's degree in religion [syn: Master of Divinity,
MDiv] |
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