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di·vine1 / diˈvīn/ • adj. (-vin·er , -vin·est ) 1. of, from, or like God or a god: heroes with divine powers | paintings of shipwrecks being p… Divinity , Divinity
When people refer to something as divine, they employ one of the most basic concepts found in any religion. This generalized idea points to… Father Divine , Divine, Father 1877(?)–1965
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Father Divine is one of the more perplexing figures in twentieth-century African American history.… Lyric , lyric, in ancient Greece, a poem accompanied by a musical instrument, usually a lyre. Although the word is still often used to refer to the songlike… Song , song. Short vocal comp., acc. or solo. Song is the natural human means of mus. self-expression (as it is for most birds). There are various types of… Metaphysical Poets , Metaphysical(s) Poets. Term applied by Samuel Johnson to a group of 17th-cent. Christian poets (especially J. Donne, G. Herbert, T. Traherne, H. Vaug…
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