Divinity vs Religion - What's the difference?
divinity | religion | Synonyms |
(uncountable) The property of being divine, of being like a god or God.
* Shakespeare
(countable) A deity.
A celestial being, inferior to the supreme God, but superior to man.
* Cheyne
(uncountable) The study of religion or religions.
A type of confectionery made with egg whites, corn syrup, and white sugar.
The belief in and worship of a supernatural controlling power, especially a personal god or gods.
A particular system of faith and worship.
The way of life committed to by monks and nuns.
Any practice that someone or some group is seriously devoted to.
(obsolete) Faithfulness to a given principle; conscientiousness.
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Divinity is a synonym of religion.
As nouns the difference between divinity and religion
is that divinity is (uncountable) the property of being divine, of being like a god or god while religion is religion.divinity
English
Noun
- They say there is divinity in odd numbers.
- God employing these subservient divinities
- Harvard Divinity School has been teaching theology since 1636.
Synonyms
* (property of being divine ): godliness, godship * (deity ): deity, god, godship * (study ): godlore, theologyDerived terms
* Bachelor of Divinity * case divinity * divinitise, divinitize * divinity bindings * divinity calf, divinity-calf * divinity fudge * divinity hall * divinity school * divinityship * Doctor of Divinity * * indivinity * * Master of Divinity * * * school-divinity * systematic divinityreligion
English
(wikipedia religion)Noun
(en noun)- My brother tends to value religion , but my sister not as much.
- Islam is a major religion in parts of Asia and Africa.
- Eckankar is a new religion''' but Zoroastrianism is an old '''religion .
- The monk entered religion when he was 20 years of age.
- At this point, ''Star Trek'' has really become a religion .
- Oh with what religion doe I respect and observe the same!