divine meaning and definition

DIVINE noun

Definition of Divine (noun)

1. terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
   • synonyms: Almighty, Creator, God Almighty, Godhead, Jehovah, Lord, Maker
2. a clergyman or other person in religious orders
   • synonyms: churchman, cleric, ecclesiastic

DIVINE verb

Definition of divine (verb)

1. perceive intuitively or through some inexplicable perceptive powers
2. search by divining, as if with a rod
   • "He claimed he could divine underground water"

DIVINE adjective

Definition of divine (adjective)

1. emanating from God
   • "divine judgment"; "divine guidance"; "everything is black or white...satanic or godly"-Saturday Review
   • synonyms: godly
2. resulting from divine providence
   • "providential care"; "a providential visitation"
   • synonyms: providential
3. being or having the nature of a god
   • "the custom of killing the divine king upon any serious failure of his...powers"-J.G.Frazier; "the divine will"; "the divine capacity for love"; "'Tis wise to learn; 'tis God-like to create"-J.G.Saxe
   • synonyms: godlike
4. devoted to or in the service or worship of a deity
   • "divine worship"; "divine liturgy"
5. appropriate to or befitting a god
   • "the divine strength of Achilles"; "a man of godlike sagacity"; "man must play God for he has acquired certain godlike powers"-R.H.Roveref
   • synonyms: godlike
6. being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest inspiration by the gods
   • "her pies were simply divine"; "the divine Shakespeare"; "an elysian meal"; "an inspired performance"
   • synonyms: elysian, inspired