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Definition of Divines
1. divine [v] - See also: divine
Lexicographical Neighbors of Divines
Literary usage of Divines
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of the English Church During the Civil Wars and Under the by Ecole littéraire de Montréal, Charles Gill, William Arthur Shaw (1900)
"Consistently with this measure the Commons three days later reiterated its order
for the nomination of divines by the knights and burgesses, two divines for ..."
2. The Cambridge History of English Literature by Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller (1912)
"CHAPTER XII divines of the Church of England 1660-1700 WITH the restoration of
... The divines to whom men listened, and whom they read and copied, were, ..."
3. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1829)
"... Sermons of those eminent divines. London: 1829. WE are unable to find a reason
how the editor of this little work should have fallen into the ridiculous ..."
4. The History of Modern Europe: And a View of the Progress of Society from the by William Russell (1837)
"The Protestants, having in vain demanded a general council, pressed him earnestly
to appoint a conference between a select number of divines of each party, ..."