Definition of Divines

1. Verb. (third-person singular of divine) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Divines

1. divine [v] - See also: divine

Lexicographical Neighbors of Divines

divine proportion
divine right
divine right of kings
divine service
divined
divinelike
divinely
divinement
divinements
divineness
diviner
diviner's sage
divineress
divineresses
diviners
divines (current term)
divinest
diving
diving-bell
diving-bells
diving-board
diving-boards
diving-petrel
diving-suit
diving beetle
diving beetles
diving bell
diving bell spider
diving bell spiders
diving bells

Literary usage of Divines

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of the English Church During the Civil Wars and Under the by Ecole littéraire de Montréal, Charles Gill, William Arthur Shaw (1900)
"Consistently with this measure the Commons three days later reiterated its order for the nomination of divines by the knights and burgesses, two divines for ..."

2. The Cambridge History of English Literature by Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller (1912)
"CHAPTER XII divines of the Church of England 1660-1700 WITH the restoration of ... The divines to whom men listened, and whom they read and copied, were, ..."

3. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1829)
"... Sermons of those eminent divines. London: 1829. WE are unable to find a reason how the editor of this little work should have fallen into the ridiculous ..."

4. The History of Modern Europe: And a View of the Progress of Society from the by William Russell (1837)
"The Protestants, having in vain demanded a general council, pressed him earnestly to appoint a conference between a select number of divines of each party, ..."

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