Deva and Divinity
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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.
- The quality of being divine.
- usage: "ancient Egyptians believed in the divinity of the Pharaohs"
- White creamy fudge made with egg whites.
- synonyms: divinity fudge
- The rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth.
- synonyms: theology
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
- (a.) The science of divine things; the science which treats of God, his laws and moral government, and the way of salvation; theology.
- (a.) The Deity; the Supreme Being; God.
- (a.) A pretended deity of pagans; a false god.
- (a.) The state of being divine; the nature or essence of God; deity; godhead.
- (a.) Something divine or superhuman; supernatural power or virtue; something which inspires awe.
- (a.) A celestial being, inferior to the supreme God, but superior to man.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary