Luis Moralês, a Spanish painter, was called El Divino (1509-1586).
Ferdinand de Herre'ra, a Spanish poet (1516-1595).
Divine Doctor (The), Jean de Ruysbroek, the mystic (1294-1381).
Divine Speaker (The) Tyr'tamos, usually known as Theophrastos ("divine speaker"), was so called by Aristotle (B.C. 370-287).
Divine Right of Kings. The dogma that Kings can do no wrong is based on a dictum of Hincmar Archbishop of Rheims, viz., that kings are subject to no man so long as they rule by God's law.—Hincmar's Works, i. 693.
Divining Rod, a forked branch of hazel suspended between the balls of the thumbs. The inclination of this rod indicates the presence of water-springs and precious metals.
Now to rivulets from the mountains
Point the rods of fortune-tellers.
Longfellow, Drinking Song.
