DIVINES - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Meaning 1

Part of speech: Adjective (satellite)

being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest inspiration by the gods

Example: her pies were simply divine; the divine Shakespeare; an elysian meal; an inspired performance

Meaning 2

Part of speech: Adjective (satellite)

emanating from God

Example: divine judgment; divine guidance; everything is black or white...satanic or godly"-Saturday Review

Meaning 3

Part of speech: Adjective (satellite)

being or having the nature of a god

Example: the custom of killing the divine king upon any serious failure of his...powers"-J.G.Frazier; the divine will; the divine capacity for love; Tis wise to learn; tis God-like to create"-J.G.Saxe

Meaning 4

Part of speech: Adjective (satellite)

resulting from divine providence

Example: providential care; a providential visitation

Meaning 5

Part of speech: Adjective (satellite)

appropriate to or befitting a god

Example: the divine strength of Achilles; a man of godlike sagacity; man must play God for he has acquired certain godlike powers"-R.H.Roveref

Meaning 6

Part of speech: Adjective (satellite)

devoted to or in the service or worship of a deity

Example: divine worship; divine liturgy

Meaning 7

Part of speech: Noun

terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God

Meaning 8

Part of speech: Noun

a clergyman or other person in religious orders

Meaning 9

Part of speech: Verb

search by divining, as if with a rod

Example: He claimed he could divine underground water

Meaning 10

Part of speech: Verb

perceive intuitively or through some inexplicable perceptive powers