divinity
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- noun
- /dɪˈvɪnɪti/
- US
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dulce de merengue (EE. UU.)
- So why don't you do the divinity, - while I whip up the shortbread? -
- a piece of divinity
- make divinity
Examples
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I was lunching at The Muse and I wanted to drop by some divinity I made last night.
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When there was extra money, there might also be white fruitcake and pound cake, even divinity.
Fiction book (2002) -
A piece of divinity, Mr. Lawrence?
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So we take these divinity substitutes.
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- This is the best divinity I've ever made.
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She makes the best divinity in the world.
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Bovinity Divinity: "Milk chocolate ice cream and white fudge cows swirled with white chocolate ice cream and dark fudge cows."
Fiction book (1999) -
Allen Kerkeslager writes that the white horse as a symbol of divinity is derived from the myth of the sun god Apollo (116-21; also see Jackson 13-14).
Academic text (2013) -
Conjure, at your leisure, cool mounds of divinity 'neath a river of warm chocolate, a heavenly, heady hot-fudge sundae of sensual delights.
Fiction book (1993) -
Last Christmas, she gifted everyone homemade divinity flavored with vanilla and topped with nuts.
Synonyms
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A soft sweet candy made from sugar and butter
A light white fluffy candy made from whipped egg whites and sugar with nuts or vanilla
Compounds
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An advanced degree in religion for people training to be priests or ministers
- Specialized
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A high university degree in religious study given to senior scholars
A light white fluffy candy made from whipped egg whites and sugar with nuts or vanilla
A first university degree in religious study for people training as Christian ministers
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Etymology
Divinity (the sweet) was named from the word divine meaning 'heavenly' because people thought it tasted so good, so a helpful way to remember it is to think of a treat that is 'divine'.