divine guidance
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7.2
- noun
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guía divina
- The Senate chaplain's appeal for divine guidance came on a day when partisan divisions were on full display.
Examples
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Divine guidance, which comes through that conscience, is always preferable to the often-wrong reasoning by which we devise means to reach ends we've deemed desirable.
Blog text (26) -
The divine guidance of God points the way.
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We ask for divine guidance as we venture through this house.
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I have built this Nation... ...under the divine guidance of Allah.
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Divine guidance requires true faith.
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We humbly beseech Thy divine guidance, O Lord.
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And indeed, throughout the Apology, Socrates stresses the divine guidance that led him to the philosophic life.
Academic text (2002) -
They can revere Jewish tradition, Muslim tradition, and any other bodies of tradition that show the signs of divine guidance: wisdom, love, responsibility, holiness.
Academic text (1991) -
We ask for divine guidance as we venture through life's challenges.
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In most instances, however, the divine guidance that Jackson perceived worked in his favor.
Synonyms
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6.6
A plan or wish of God that guides what happens
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7.9
A special influence from God believed to guide holy writers
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8.6
Knowledge given to people by a god or supernatural power
Antonyms
How Guided
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'special influence or direction from a deity' is directly and transparently built from 'divine' (of or from God) + 'guidance' (helpful advice/direction), so a learner who knows both words can infer the phrase. This compositional pattern is common cross-linguistically in religious vocabulary and follows normal noun-modifier semantics, making it immediately comprehensible at B1.
Etymology
Divine guidance comes from the simple image of a divine hand or light showing someone the way and giving guidance. So the phrase means 'special direction' or 'help' that people believe comes from a god or higher power.