Definition of "divinity"

They say there is divinity in odd numbers.

a. 1598, William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor, act V, scene I

At the base of the whole process by which divinities and demons were created, and rites for their propitiation and placation established, lay Fear - fear stimulating the imagination to fantastic activity.

1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 13

These beings are derogatory from the wisdom and power of the author of nature, who doubtless can govern this machin he cou’d create, by more direct and easie methods, than employing these subservient divinities.

1705, George Cheyne, The Philosophical Principles of Religion Natural and Revealed, volume 1, London, page 4