di·vin·i·ty /dəˈvɪnəti/
 神,神性
 Di·vin·i·ty n.; pl. Divinities
 1. The state of being divine; the nature or essence of God; deity; godhead.
    When he attributes divinity to other things than God, it is only a divinity by way of participation.   --Bp. Stillingfleet.
 2. The Deity; the Supreme Being; God.
    This the divinity that within us.   --Addison.
 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.
 Case divinity, casuistry.
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 divinity
      n 1: any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part
           of the world or some aspect of life or who is the
           personification of a force [syn: deity, god, immortal]
      2: the quality of being divine; "ancient Egyptians believed in
         the divinity of the Pharaohs"
      3: white creamy fudge made with egg whites [syn: divinity
         fudge]
      4: the rational and systematic study of religion and its
         influences and of the nature of religious truth [syn: theology]