Divine

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English

Proper noun

Divine (plural Divines)

  1. A surname.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Divine is the 10890th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2926 individuals. Divine is most common among White (84.07%) individuals.

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Adjective

Divine (comparative more Divine, superlative most Divine)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of divine.
    • 1847 December, Ellis Bell [pseudonym; Emily Brontë], chapter II, in Wuthering Heights: , volume II, London: Thomas Cautley Newby, , →OCLC, page 23:
      My mind was never in a holier frame, than while I gazed on that untroubled image of Divine rest.
    • 1864, [Charles Tennant], “Conclusion”, in Utilitarianism Explained and Exemplified in Moral and Political Government, London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, page 389:
      The love of your neighbor as yourself, is expressly given as the definition and test of Charity,—not alms-giving,—and this love is not only declared to be the highest of all the Divine commands, but also to be the only true test of love to God.
    • 1866 June, an American, “Anomalies of the American Constitution”, in Fraser’s Magazine for Town and Country, volume LXXIII, number CCCCXXXVIII, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., page 717, column 2:
      A man was permitted to think as he pleased about the Bible; but it was accounted blasphemy to whisper a suspicion that any clause in the American Constitution was not written by Divine inspiration.

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