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In a divine or godlike manner; holily; admirably or excellently in a supreme degree. Most divinely fair. Tennyson.

Divinely excellent or beautiful. "Shakes his ambrosial curls." Pope.

A divine summons or invitation; also, the state of being divinely called. Who hath . . . called us with an holy calling. 2 Tim. i. 9. Give diligence to make yior calling . . . sure. 2 Pet. i. 10.

he character of the soul is determined by the character of its God. J. Edwards. Something divinely beautiful . . . that at some time or other might influence or even determine her course of life. W. Black.

Divinely inspired; wrought up to enthusiasm. [Obs.]

Divinely inspired. [Obs.] Drummond.

One moved or actuated by enthusiasm; as: (a) One who imagines himself divinely inspired, or possessed of some special revelation; a religious madman; a fanatic. (b) One whose mind is wholly possessed and heated by what engages it; one who is influenced by a peculiar; fervor of mind; an ardent and imaginative person. En…

food supplied to the Israelites in their journey through the wilderness of Arabia; hence, divinely supplied food. Ex. xvi. 15.

s atonement, and the eternity of future punishment. His theory was, that Christ was a man divinely commissioned, who had no existence before he was conceived by the Virgin Mary; that human sin was the imitation of Adam's sin, and that human salvation was the imitation and adoption of Christ's virtue; that the Bible was…

Divinely sovereign or supreme. [R.] He [Jesus] is the thearchic Intelligence. Milman.

Divinely inspired; theopneustic. [R.]