3. A pretended deity of pagans; a false god. Beastly divinities, and droves of gods. Prior.
4. A celestial being, inferior to the supreme God, but superior to man. God . . . employing these subservient divinities. Cheyne.
5. Something divine or superhuman; supernatural power or virtue; something which inspires awe. They say there is divinity in odd numbers. Shak. There's such divinity doth hedge a king. Shak.
6. The science of divine things; the science which treats of God, his laws and moral government, and the way of salvation; theology. Divinity is essentially the first of the professions. Coleridge. , casuistry.
DIVINITY CALF
Di*vin"i*ty calf`. (Bookbinding)
Defn: Calf stained dark brown and worked without gilding, often used for theological books.
DIVINIZATION
Div`i*ni*za"tion, n.
Defn: A making divine. M. Arnold.
DIVINIZE
Div"i*nize, v. t.
Defn: To invest with a divine character; to deify. [R.] M. Arnold.
Man had divinized all those objects of awe. Milman.