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"word": "ទេវ"
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"text": "You may leave out where you live and use either initials or an alias, since gods, buddhas and other divinities look only at our hearts.",
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"ref": "1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 13",
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"word": "božanstvo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "godhood, state of being God or a god",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "deidad"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "godhood, state of being God or a god",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "divinidad"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "godhood, state of being God or a god",
"word": "pagkabinathala"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "têep",
"sense": "godhood, state of being God or a god",
"word": "เทพ"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "božéstvennistʹ",
"sense": "godhood, state of being God or a god",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "боже́ственність"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "ulūhiyat",
"sense": "godhood, state of being God or a god",
"word": "الوہیت"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔilāhiyya",
"sense": "study of religion or religions",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "إِلَٰهِيَّة"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "bogoslóvie",
"sense": "study of religion or religions",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "богосло́вие"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "study of religion or religions",
"word": "神學"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shénxué",
"sense": "study of religion or religions",
"word": "神学"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "study of religion or religions",
"word": "宗教學"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zōngjiàoxué",
"sense": "study of religion or religions",
"word": "宗教学"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "study of religion or religions",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "teologi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "study of religion or religions",
"word": "jumaluusoppi"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "study of religion or religions",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "teoloxía"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "study of religion or religions",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Theologie"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "theología",
"sense": "study of religion or religions",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "θεολογία"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "study of religion or religions",
"word": "hittudomány"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "study of religion or religions",
"word": "teológia"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "study of religion or religions",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "divinità"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "study of religion or religions",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "deità"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bogoslóvije",
"sense": "study of religion or religions",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "богосло́вие"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "teológija",
"sense": "study of religion or religions",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "теоло́гия"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "study of religion or religions",
"word": "palabathalaan"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "study of religion or religions",
"word": "ilahiyat"
}
],
"word": "divinity"
}
{
"called_from": "translations/324",
"msg": "possible sense number in translation item: Telugu: __IGNORE__, __IGNORE__ (1)",
"path": [
"divinity"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "divinity",
"trace": ""
}
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