Middle English Dictionary Entry

divinitẹ̄ n.
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Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

1.
(a) The quality of being divine; divine nature; divineness; (b) the Divine Being, God.
2.
(a) Theology; knowledge or learning in divine matters or in Scripture; lore of ~; (b) bacheler (clerk, doctor, maister, professour) of ~; commencer (divinour) in ~; scole of ~; (c) a theologian.
3.
Divination, soothsaying.