divine
emanating from God
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,738 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 10,455 times across 173,849 chapters — 0.005% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- emanating from God also: godly divine judgmentdivine guidance
- resulting from divine providence also: providential providential carea providential visitation
- being or having the nature of a god also: godlike the custom of killing the divine king upon any serious failure of his...powersthe divine will
- devoted to or in the service or worship of a deity divine worshipdivine liturgy
- appropriate to or befitting a god also: godlike the divine strength of Achillesa man of godlike sagacity
- being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest inspiration by the gods also: elysian, inspired her pies were simply divinethe divine Shakespeare
noun
- terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God also: Godhead, Lord, Creator, Maker, God Almighty, Almighty
- a clergyman or other person in religious orders also: cleric, churchman, ecclesiastic
divine in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Your King is your sovereign, by divine right and true succession.
Representative Plays by American Dramatists — Love in '76 · Oliver Bell Bunce · Chapter 1
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When Love ordained a supper divine For the wide world of man, What bickerings o’er his gracious wine!
John Marr and Other Poems · Herman Melville · Chapter 1
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The pagans' highest expression of beauty which moved the world was in sculpture--cold and pure marble of divine form.
The Reflections of Ambrosine: A Novel · Elinor Glyn · Chapter 1
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For, "Was it not divine?" said Adela; and Cornelia asked her if she meant the last piece; and, "Oh, gracious! not that!"
Sandra Belloni (originally Emilia in England) — Complete · George Meredith · Chapter 1
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With a slow and noiseless footstep Comes that messenger divine, Takes the vacant chair beside me, Lays her gentle hand in mine.
The Complete Poetical Works of Henry · Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · Chapter 1