Religious vs Divine - What's the difference?
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Concerning religion.
Committed to the practice of religion.
Highly dedicated, as one would be to a religion.
A member of a religious order, i.e. a monk or nun.
* 2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin 2010, p. 354:
of or pertaining to a god
eternal, holy, or otherwise godlike.
of superhuman or surpassing excellence
beautiful, heavenly
(obsolete) foreboding; prescient
* Milton
Relating to divinity or theology.
* South
One skilled in divinity; a theologian.
* Denham
A minister of the gospel; a priest; a clergyman.
* J. Woodbridge
God or a god, particularly in its aspect as a transcendental concept
to foretell (something), especially by the use of divination
* Bancroft
* Shakespeare
to guess (something)
* 1874 ,
* 1919 ,
* 2005 , .
to search for (underground objects or water) using a divining rod
To render divine; to deify.
* Spenser
As adjectives the difference between religious and divine
is that religious is concerning religion while divine is of or pertaining to a god.As nouns the difference between religious and divine
is that religious is a member of a religious order, i.e. a monk or nun while divine is one skilled in divinity; a theologian.As a verb divine is
to foretell (something), especially by the use of divination.religious
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- It is the job of this court to rule on legal matters. We do not consider religious issues.
- I was much more religious as a teenager than I am now.
- I'm a religious fan of college basketball.
Antonyms
* (concerning religion) * (committed to religion) * (highly dedicated)Hyponyms
* Muslim, Jew, Hindu, Buddhist, Baha'i, Wiccan, Eckist, Druid, Jain, , Sikh, Taoist, Zoroastrian, Unitarian Universalist, New Ager, reconstructionist, LaVeyan Satanist, Scientologist, Rastafarian, Taoist, pagan, spiritist, humanist, Thelemite, ConfucianistNoun
(religious)- Towards the end of the seventh century the monks of Fleury [...] clandestinely excavated the body of Benedict himself, plus the corpse of his even more shadowy sister and fellow religious , Scholastica.
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English
(wikipedia divine)Etymology 1
From (etyl) divin, from (etyl) .Adjective
(en adjective)- Yet oft his heart, divine of something ill, / Misgave him.
- church history and other divine learning
Synonyms
* (of or pertaining to a god) deific, godlike, godly * (sense) hallowed, holy, sacred * (of superhuman or surpassing excellence) supreme, ultimate * (sense) beautiful, delightful, exquisite, heavenly, lovely, magnificent, marvellous/marvelous, splendid, wonderfulAntonyms
* (of or pertaining to a god) undivine, ungodly * (sense) godless, secular, ungodly * (of superhuman or surpassing excellence) humdrum, mediocre, ordinary * (sense) horrible, horrid, nasty, unpleasantDerived terms
* all-divine * argument from divine hiddenness * Book of Divine Worship * * * countenance divine * * divine afflatus * * divine command theory * divine countenance * divine fallacy * divine grace * divine guidance * divine healing * divine inspiration * divine intervention * divine judgement, divine judgment * divine kings * divine kingship * divine lady * divine language * divine law * * Divine Liturgy * divinely * Divine Mercy Sunday * divine messenger * Divine Mind * Divine Mother * divine move * Divine Mystery * divineness * Divine Office, divine office * divine polity * The Divine Praises * divine proportion * Divine Providence * divine ratio * divine retribution * divine revelation * divine right * divine rule * divine section * divine service * divine simplicity * divine spark * divinesse * * divine will healing * * Feast of the Divine Mercy * * indivine * Mother Divine * Revelation of Saint John the Divine * semi-divine, semidivine * * subdivine * * undivine * undivinelikeNoun
(en noun)- Poets were the first divines .
- The first divines of New England were surpassed by none in extensive erudition.
Synonyms
* (sense) clergyman, cleric, man of the cloth, theologian * (a deity) deity, god, God, Allah (Muslim)Derived terms
* archdivine * school-divineEtymology 2
From (etyl) deviner, from (etyl) divino.Verb
(divin)- a sagacity which divined the evil designs
- Darest thou divine his downfall?
- no secret can be told
To any who divined it not before
- If in the loneliness of his studio he wrestled desperately with the Angel of the Lord he never allowed a soul to divine his anguish.
- I suppose that we truly are divining that what is is some third thing when we say that change and stability are.
- Living on earth like angel new divined .