Divine
Divinity (from Latin ) refers to the quality, presence, or nature of that which is divine—a term that, before the rise of monotheism, evoked a broad and dynamic field of sacred power. In the ancient world, divinity was not limited to a singl ...
is an adjective related to divinity, the characteristics of a deity.
Divine or Divines may also refer to:
Businesses
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Divine (corporation)
Divine, Inc. (stylized in lowercase), originally Divine Interventures, was a company that invested in internet companies during the dot-com bubble. The company was originally modeled after CMGI but changed its business plan after the bubble burst ...
, a defunct web services company
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Divine Chocolate
Divine Chocolate Limited is a British purveyor of Fairtrade chocolate. It was originally established in the United Kingdom in 1998 as a company limited by shares co-owned by the Kuapa Kokoo cocoa farmers' co-operative in Ghana, Twin Trading and T ...
, a British-Ghanaian chocolate brand
Films
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''Divine'' (1935 film), a French drama film
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''Divine'' (1975 film), a French comedy film
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Divine (2020 film), a German-Italian romantic comedy film
* ''Divine'', a Japanese science fantasy coming age film starring
Akane Sakanoue
is a Japanese actress from Kumamoto Prefecture and affiliated to the talent agency Amuse. She is also talented in gymnastics, a trait that was demonstrated in her role as Asuna Yamase in 2015 Ultra Series, ''Ultraman X
is a Japanese televisi ...
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''Divines'' (film), a 2016 French film
Literature
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''The Divine'' (graphic novel), a 2015 graphic novel by Asaf Hanuka, Tomer Hanuka, and Boaz Lavie
* Divine, a character in Jean Genet's novel ''
Our Lady of the Flowers''
Music
Performers
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Divine (rapper)
Vivian Wilson Fernandes (born 2 October 1990), known professionally as Divine (stylized in all caps), is an Indian rapper and songwriter. He is credited as one of the pioneers of the Indian hip-hop scene and for bringing it to mainstream attenti ...
(born 1990), Indian rapper
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Divine (group), an American R&B girl group formed in 1996
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Divine Brown
Divine Brown (born September 9, 1974), previously known as Divine Earth Essence, is a Canadian Juno Award-winning R&B and soul singer and theatre performer.
Early life
Brown was born in Toronto, Ontario to Jamaican parents. She first began h ...
(born 1974), Canadian R&B and soul singer
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Divine Styler
Mikal Safeyullah (born Mark Richardson; 1968), better known by his stage name Divine Styler, is an alternative hip hop artist.
History
He first emerged as part of Ice-T's Rhyme Syndicate. His first LP, '' Word Power'', was hailed by critics an ...
, stage name of American hip hop artist Mikal Safiyullah (born Mark Richardson in 1968)
Albums
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''Divine'' (Tuxedomoon album) (1982)
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''Divine'' (Blinded Colony album) (2003)
Songs
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"Divine" (Korn song) (1994)
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"Divine" (t.A.T.u. song) (2005)
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"Divine" (Sébastien Tellier song) (2008)
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"Divine" (Girls' Generation song) (2014)
* "Divine", by Shea Couleé from the 2023 album ''
8''
People
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Divine (surname), a surname
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Divine (given name), a list of people with the name
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Divine (performer)
Harris Glenn Milstead (October 19, 1945 – March 7, 1988), better known by the stage name Divine, was an American actor, singer and drag queen. Closely associated with independent filmmaker John Waters, Divine was a character actor, usually pe ...
(1945–1988), American actor, singer, and drag queen; stage name of Harris Glenn Milstead
* ''La Divine'' (English: "The Goddess"), nickname for
Suzanne Lenglen
Suzanne Rachel Flore Lenglen (; 24 May 1899 – 4 July 1938) was a French tennis player. She was the inaugural world No. 1 from 1921 to 1926, winning eight Grand Slam titles in singles and twenty-one in total. She was also a four-time World ...
(1899–1938), French tennis player
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Father Divine
Father Divine (September 10, 1965), also known as Reverend M. J. Divine, was an American spiritual leader from about 1907 until his death in 1965. His full self-given name was Reverend Major Jealous Divine, and he was also known as "the Messen ...
(c. 1876–1965), African-American spiritual leader who claimed to be God
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Estella Marie Thompson (born 1969), aka Divine Brown, prostitute involved in a scandal involving actor Hugh Grant
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Zuzu Divine (born 1994), Mexican professional wrestler
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Anglican divine
Anglicanism, also known as Episcopalianism in some countries, is a Western Christian tradition which developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protes ...
, a theologian of the Church of England
Religion
* Obsolete term for a
Christian priest
See also
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Divina (disambiguation)
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Devine (disambiguation) Devine is a surname. It may also refer to:
* Devine, Colorado, an unincorporated community
* Devine, Texas
Devine is a city in Medina County, Texas, United States. The population was 4,324 at the 2020 census. It is part of the San Antonio ...
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Divination
Divination () is the attempt to gain insight into a question or situation by way of an occultic ritual or practice. Using various methods throughout history, diviners ascertain their interpretations of how a should proceed by reading signs, ...
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Divining rod
Dowsing is a type of divination employed in attempts to locate ground water, buried metals or ores, gemstones, Petroleum, oil, claimed radiations (radiesthesia),As translated from one preface of the Kassel experiments, "roughly 10,000 active do ...
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