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Divine
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divine
English
Proper noun
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Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Divine is the 10890th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2926 individuals. Divine is most common among White (84.07%) individuals.
See also
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Adjective
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II 23 My mind was never in a holier frame, than while I gazed on that untroubled image of Divine rest.
en [Charles Tennant] Conclusion Utilitarianism Explained and Exemplified in Moral and Political Government London Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green 1864 389 The love of your neighbor as yourself, is expressly given as the definition and test of Charity,—not alms-giving,—and this love is not only declared to be the highest of all the Divine commands, but also to be the only true test of love to God.
en an American Anomalies of the American Constitution Fraser’s Magazine for Town and Country LXXIII CCCCXXXVIII London Longmans, Green, and Co. June 1866 717 https://archive.org/details/frasersmagazine03unkngoog/page/717/mode/1up 2 A man was permitted to think as he pleased about the Bible; but it was accounted blasphemy to whisper a suspicion that any clause in the American Constitution was not written by Divine inspiration.
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