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Divine

Of or belonging to God; as, divine perfections; the divine will.

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Glorious 84% connected

Exhibiting attributes, qualities, or acts that are worthy of or receive glory; noble; praiseworthy; excellent; splendid; illustrious; inspiring admir…

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Glorious 84% connected

Exhibiting attributes, qualities, or acts that are worthy of or receive glory; noble; praiseworthy; excellent; splendid; illustrious; inspiring admir…

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Heavenly 84% connected

Pertaining to, resembling, or inhabiting heaven; celestial; not earthly; as, heavenly regions; heavenly music.

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Heavenly 84% connected

Pertaining to, resembling, or inhabiting heaven; celestial; not earthly; as, heavenly regions; heavenly music.

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Sacred 84% connected

Set apart by solemn religious ceremony; especially, in a good sense, made holy; set apart to religious use; consecrated; not profane or common; as, a…

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Sacred 84% connected

Set apart by solemn religious ceremony; especially, in a good sense, made holy; set apart to religious use; consecrated; not profane or common; as, a…

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Superhuman 84% connected

Above or beyond what is human; sometimes, divine; as, superhuman strength; superhuman wisdom.

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Superhuman 84% connected

Above or beyond what is human; sometimes, divine; as, superhuman strength; superhuman wisdom.

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Churchman 76% connected

An ecclesiastic or clergyman.

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Ordainer 76% connected

One who ordains.

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Pardoner 76% connected

One who pardons.

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Pluralist 76% connected

A clerk or clergyman who holds more than one ecclesiastical benefice.

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Comprehend 76% connected

To contain; to embrace; to include; as, the states comprehended in the Austrian Empire.

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Perceive 76% connected

To obtain knowledge of through the senses; to receive impressions from by means of the bodily organs; to take cognizance of the existence, character,…

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Reverend 76% connected

Worthy of reverence; entitled to respect mingled with fear and affection; venerable.

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Search 76% connected

To look over or through, for the purpose of finding something; to examine; to explore; as, to search the city.

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Seek 76% connected

Sick.

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Dowse 76% connected

To plunge, or duck into water; to immerse; to douse.

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Derivationally related 12

Divination 74% connected

The act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of future events; the pretended art discovering secret or future by preternatural means.

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Divination 74% connected

The act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of future events; the pretended art discovering secret or future by preternatural means.

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Divinatory 74% connected

Professing, or relating to, divination.

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Divinatory 74% connected

Professing, or relating to, divination.

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Diviner 74% connected

One who professes divination; one who pretends to predict events, or to reveal occult things, by supernatural means.

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Diviner 74% connected

One who professes divination; one who pretends to predict events, or to reveal occult things, by supernatural means.

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Divinity 74% connected

The state of being divine; the nature or essence of God; deity; godhead.

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Divinity 74% connected

The state of being divine; the nature or essence of God; deity; godhead.

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Prophecy 74% connected

A declaration of something to come; a foretelling; a prediction; esp., an inspired foretelling.

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Prophecy 74% connected

A declaration of something to come; a foretelling; a prediction; esp., an inspired foretelling.

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Providence 74% connected

The act of providing or preparing for future use or application; a making ready; preparation.

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Providence 74% connected

The act of providing or preparing for future use or application; a making ready; preparation.

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Synonym 7

Cleric 92% connected

A clerk, a clergyman.

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Ecclesiastic 92% connected

Of or pertaining to the church. See Ecclesiastical.

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Elysian 92% connected

Pertaining, or the abode of the blessed after death; hence, yielding the highest pleasures; exceedingly delightful; beatific.

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Godlike 92% connected

Resembling or befitting a god or God; divine; hence, preeminently good; as, godlike virtue.

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Godly 92% connected

Pious; reverencing God, and his character and laws; obedient to the commands of God from love for, and reverence of, his character; conformed to God'…

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Inspired 92% connected

of Inspire

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Providential 92% connected

Effected by, or referable to, divine direction or superintendence; as, the providential contrivance of thing; a providential escape.

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