divining

noun

a clergyman or other person in religious orders

terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God

verb

search by divining, as if with a rod

perceive intuitively or through some inexplicable perceptive powers

adjective

being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest inspiration by the gods

appropriate to or befitting a god

devoted to or in the service or worship of a deity

being or having the nature of a god

resulting from divine providence

emanating from God

Roots

divusdivin- · Latin · god, divine

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