divinity
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In the ancient Near East, the image of God was used to legitimize power of the divinity of kings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Societies across the world valued gold as a symbol of divinity, immortality, and authority; its rarity made it a special privilege to behold and possess.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
Rather, Fastvold asks viewers to see God in themselves and in their fellow humans, to find spiritual power in movement, and divinity in personal restriction.
From Salon ● Dec. 27, 2025
The overwhelming majority backed the Nicene Creed, which affirmed the full divinity of Jesus, declaring he is “of one substance” and thus equal to God the Father.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025
But I gave him a piece of divinity, and the sweet candy melted his crankiness right away.
From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm
Aang’s inherited mission, passed down to him by generations of previous divinities, is to restore and maintain the world’s elemental balance.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
We are, she writes, “creatures of matter who long to matter”—to ourselves, to each other and to people and divinities whose existence we take on trust.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026
Here is a Dalit theyyam performer from the state, where these dancers in trance are thought to embody the very divinities they venerate.
From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2023
The divinities guarantee peace of mind and stability and shouldn’t be angered, he said.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 28, 2023
In her is shown most vividly the uncertainty between good and evil which is apparent in every one of the divinities.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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