divinity school

noun

: a professional school having a religious curriculum especially for ministerial candidates

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Junior is a disgraced politician with possible mental health issues and Nazareth dropped out of divinity school to photograph lakes. Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Mar. 2025 Meanwhile, Naz, a nature photographer, keeps himself at a distance after fleeing divinity school and the life his parents had so carefully crafted for him. Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 18 Mar. 2025 Lawson was the divinity school’s first Black student accepted, until he got expelled for helping with lunch counter protests. Keith Sharon, The Tennessean, 10 June 2024 Ewing said Lawson came to study at Vanderbilt University’s divinity school at the urging of King. Keith Sharon, The Tennessean, 10 June 2024 See All Example Sentences for divinity school

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1555, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of divinity school was circa 1555

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“Divinity school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/divinity%20school. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.

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